Author: United States. Antarctic Projects Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Summary based on published and unpublished reports.
Bedrock Geology of Antarctica
Author: United States. Antarctic Projects Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Summary based on published and unpublished reports.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Summary based on published and unpublished reports.
The Geology of the Antarctic Continent
Author: Georg Kleinschmidt
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783443110352
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783443110352
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
Geological Evolution of Antarctica
Author: Michael Robert Alexander Thomson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521372664
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
Surveys the tectonic evolution of the Antarctic crust and the palaeoenvironmental evolution of Antarctica since the Late Mesozoic.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521372664
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
Surveys the tectonic evolution of the Antarctic crust and the palaeoenvironmental evolution of Antarctica since the Late Mesozoic.
Glaciology and Glacial Geology of Antarctica
Author: James P. Minard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
The Geology of Antarctica
Author: Robert J. Tingey
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 714
Book Description
Geological information from Antarctica has so far been published in expedition reports, conference proceedings, and science journals. This information is thus not readily accessible to Earth scientists who are interested, but not directly involved, in Antarctic research. The Geology ofAntarctica bridges this gap with each chapter presenting an authoritative review of a particular aspect of Antarctic geology. The text provides descriptions of all major rock units found in Antarctica, as well as reviews of Antarctic palaeontology, geophysics, petroleum prospects, and mineral resources. Special attention is drawn to the features of Antarctica that are significant from the wider perspectives of globalgeology.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 714
Book Description
Geological information from Antarctica has so far been published in expedition reports, conference proceedings, and science journals. This information is thus not readily accessible to Earth scientists who are interested, but not directly involved, in Antarctic research. The Geology ofAntarctica bridges this gap with each chapter presenting an authoritative review of a particular aspect of Antarctic geology. The text provides descriptions of all major rock units found in Antarctica, as well as reviews of Antarctic palaeontology, geophysics, petroleum prospects, and mineral resources. Special attention is drawn to the features of Antarctica that are significant from the wider perspectives of globalgeology.
Antarctica and Supercontinent Evolution
Author: S.L. Harley
Publisher: Geological Society of London
ISBN: 1862393672
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Antarctica preserves a rock record that spans three and a half billion years of history and has a remarkable story to tell about the evolution of our Earth, from the hottest crustal rocks yet found in an orogenic system, to the assembly and breakup of Gondwana in the Phanerozoic. This volume highlights our improved understanding of the tectonic events that have shaped Antarctica and how these potentially relate to supercontinent assembly and fragmentation. The internal constitution of the East Antarctic Shield is assessed using information available from the basement geology and from detritus preserved as Mesozoic sediments in the Trans Antarctic Mountains. Accretionary orogenesis along the proto-Pacific margin of Antarctica is examined and the volumes of intracrustal melting compared with juvenile magma additions in these complex orogenic systems assessed. This special volume demonstrates the diversity of approaches required to elucidate and understand crustal evolution and evaluate the supercontinent concept.
Publisher: Geological Society of London
ISBN: 1862393672
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Antarctica preserves a rock record that spans three and a half billion years of history and has a remarkable story to tell about the evolution of our Earth, from the hottest crustal rocks yet found in an orogenic system, to the assembly and breakup of Gondwana in the Phanerozoic. This volume highlights our improved understanding of the tectonic events that have shaped Antarctica and how these potentially relate to supercontinent assembly and fragmentation. The internal constitution of the East Antarctic Shield is assessed using information available from the basement geology and from detritus preserved as Mesozoic sediments in the Trans Antarctic Mountains. Accretionary orogenesis along the proto-Pacific margin of Antarctica is examined and the volumes of intracrustal melting compared with juvenile magma additions in these complex orogenic systems assessed. This special volume demonstrates the diversity of approaches required to elucidate and understand crustal evolution and evaluate the supercontinent concept.
Antarctica: Soils, Weathering Processes and Environment
Author: I.B. Campbell
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 008086984X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 008086984X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
Volcanism in Antarctica: 200 Million Years of Subduction, Rifting and Continental Break-up
Author: J.L. Smellie
Publisher: Geological Society of London
ISBN: 178620536X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
This memoir is the first to review all of Antarctica’s volcanism between 200 million years ago and the Present. The region is still volcanically active. The volume is an amalgamation of in-depth syntheses, which are presented within distinctly different tectonic settings. Each is described in terms of (1) the volcanology and eruptive palaeoenvironments; (2) petrology and origin of magma; and (3) active volcanism, including tephrochronology. Important volcanic episodes include: astonishingly voluminous mafic and felsic volcanic deposits associated with the Jurassic break-up of Gondwana; the construction and progressive demise of a major Jurassic to Present continental arc, including back-arc alkaline basalts and volcanism in a young ensialic marginal basin; Miocene to Pleistocene mafic volcanism associated with post-subduction slab-window formation; numerous Neogene alkaline volcanoes, including the massive Erebus volcano and its persistent phonolitic lava lake, that are widely distributed within and adjacent to one of the world’s major zones of lithospheric extension (the West Antarctic Rift System); and very young ultrapotassic volcanism erupted subglacially and forming a world-wide type example (Gaussberg).
Publisher: Geological Society of London
ISBN: 178620536X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
This memoir is the first to review all of Antarctica’s volcanism between 200 million years ago and the Present. The region is still volcanically active. The volume is an amalgamation of in-depth syntheses, which are presented within distinctly different tectonic settings. Each is described in terms of (1) the volcanology and eruptive palaeoenvironments; (2) petrology and origin of magma; and (3) active volcanism, including tephrochronology. Important volcanic episodes include: astonishingly voluminous mafic and felsic volcanic deposits associated with the Jurassic break-up of Gondwana; the construction and progressive demise of a major Jurassic to Present continental arc, including back-arc alkaline basalts and volcanism in a young ensialic marginal basin; Miocene to Pleistocene mafic volcanism associated with post-subduction slab-window formation; numerous Neogene alkaline volcanoes, including the massive Erebus volcano and its persistent phonolitic lava lake, that are widely distributed within and adjacent to one of the world’s major zones of lithospheric extension (the West Antarctic Rift System); and very young ultrapotassic volcanism erupted subglacially and forming a world-wide type example (Gaussberg).
Petroleum and Mineral Resources of Antarctica
Author: John C. Behrendt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Geological Structure of the Transantarctic Mountains and Adjacent Ice Covered Areas, Antarctica
Author: Edwin S. Robinson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology, Structural
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology, Structural
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description