Sedimentary Development of the Louisiana Continental Shelf Related to Sea Level Cycles
Author : James M. Coleman
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Page : 57 pages
File Size : 44,19 MB
Release : 1988
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Author : James M. Coleman
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Page : 57 pages
File Size : 44,19 MB
Release : 1988
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Author : James M. Coleman
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Page : 56 pages
File Size : 10,65 MB
Release : 1988
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Author : James M. Coleman
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Page : 57 pages
File Size : 19,58 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Continental shelf
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Author : F.L. Chiocci
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 49,62 MB
Release : 2014-11-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 1862396868
The world's continental shelves are the sites of vast resources of food, energy and minerals, the exploitation of which is continuously increasing. Fluctuating global sea levels throughout the Quaternary period produced multiple transgressive and regressive cycles that profoundly affected and shaped these shelves. The complex interactions among climate, sea level, tectonics, oceanography and sediment input have formed distinctive sediment packages on each shelf and provide a guide to the interpretation of older shelf sequences throughout the geological record. This Memoir compiles studies on 23 selected shelves from all the continents, focusing on their evolution and examining the patterns of sedimentation during the past approximately 125 000 years. In addition to providing basic background information for each area, the chapters consider specific aspects of continental shelf research, from seismic stratigraphy to geomorphology, from palaeoceanography to palaeo sea-level reconstruction and from palaeontology to geochemistry.
Author : Paul E. Potter
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 36,89 MB
Release : 2005-06-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 3540221573
Clear writing and analysis of the broad spectrum of processes that produce shale are coupled with well-captioned 150 illustrations, 40 tables, boxed technical details, glossary and appendices. Recounts the step-by-step evolution and stages of shal, enabling readers to master the basics and to dig yet deeper into their origin, practical implications and relationship to earth history. Background information appears in appendices (Clay Mineralogy, Isotopes, Petrology, etc.); technicial details in high-lighted boxes, and definitions of 300+ terms in the Glossary.
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Page : 904 pages
File Size : 43,99 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Geology
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Author : Gerald M. Friedman
Publisher : Macmillan College
Page : 746 pages
File Size : 38,42 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Science
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"Sedimentology and stratigraphy are covered in unprecedented depth in this updated and dynamic follow-up to 'Principles of sedimentology', regarded since its publication in 1978 as the definitive text in the field. Suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, this new text encompasses a contemporary global view of sedimentary deposits. The most recent data on such increasingly important topics as seismic stratigraphy and sequence stratigraphy, process sedimentology, facies patterns, extraterrestrial forcing functions, basin analysis, and plate tectonics are explored. The text's structure and organization accommodate a complete treatment of both sedimentology and stratigraphy and presents them in a historical context." --
Author : Roger T. Saucier
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Page : 424 pages
File Size : 13,40 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Geology
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Page : 652 pages
File Size : 20,71 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Petrology
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Author : John Robert Suter
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Page : 450 pages
File Size : 48,76 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Continental shelf
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