Author: Donald L. WoodrowPublisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813722012
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The Catskill Delta
Author: Donald L. WoodrowPublisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813722012
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Understanding Late Devonian and Permian-Triassic Biotic and Climatic Events
Author: Jeff OverPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080457843
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
The Late Devonian and Permian-Triassic intervals are among the most dynamic episodes of Earth history, marked by large secular changes in continental ecosystems, dramatic fluctuations in ocean oxygenation, major phases of biotic turnover, volcanism, bolide impact events, and rapid fluctuations in stable isotope systems and sea level. This volume highlights contributions from a broad range of geological sub-disciplines currently striving to understand these critical intervals of geologically rapid, global-scale changes.* Provides updated, current models for the mid-Late Devonian and Permian-Triassic mass extinction episodes* Highlights several new analytical approaches for developing quantitative datasets* Takes an integrated approach presenting datasets from a broad range of sub-disciplines
New Perspectives on the Old Red Sandstone
Author: Geological Society of LondonPublisher: Geological Society of London
ISBN: 9781862390713
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
Evaluation of Devonian Shale Potential in New York
Author: The Initiation, Propagation, and Arrest of Joints and Other Fractures
Author: John W. CosgrovePublisher: Geological Society of London
ISBN: 9781862391659
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
This volume is a state of the art look at our understanding of joint development in the crust. Answers are provided for such questions as the mechanisms by which joints are initiated, the factors controlling the path they follow during the propagation process, and the processes responsible for the arrest of joints. Many of the answers to these questions can be inferred from the geometry of joint surface morphology and joint patterns. Joints are a record of the orientation of stress at the time of propagation and as such they are also useful records of ancient stress fields, regional and local. Because outcrop and subsurface views of joints are limited, statistical techniques are required to characterize joints and joint sets. Finally, joints are subject to post-propagation stresses that further localize deformation and are the focus for the development of new structures.
Special Papers
Author: Devonian of the World
Author: N. J. McMillanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
Warm Climates in Earth History
Author: Brian T. HuberPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521641425
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
The geologic record contains evidence of greenhouse climates in the earth's past, and by studying these past conditions, we can gain greater understanding of the forcing mechanisms and feedbacks that influence today's climate. Leading experts in paleoclimatology combine in one integrated volume new and state-of-the-art paleontological, geological, and theoretical studies to assess intervals of global warmth. The book reviews what is known about the causes and consequences of globally warm climates, demonstrates current directions of research on warm climates, and outlines the central problems that remain unresolved. The chapters present new research on a number of different warm climate intervals from the early Paleozoic to the early Cenozoic. The book will be of great interest to researchers in paleoclimatology, and it will also be useful as a supplementary text on advanced undergraduate or graduate level courses in paleoclimatology and earth science.
Orbital Forcing and Cyclic Sequences
Author: P. L. DeBoerPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1444304046
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 583
Book Description
Classically orbital cycles have been recognized in pelagic and lacustrine sequences characterized by quiet sedimentation, not disturbed by tectonics. Hoiwever, there is now increasing recognition that orbital cycles do influence climate and oceanography in general terms. There is also increasing acceptance of the possibility at least that the effect should be felt over large parts of the Earth's surface and that orbital cycles may well leave signs in other sedimentary environments that are commonly considered to be dominated by tectonics and eustasy. Containing thirty-one papers from a symposium held at the International Sedimentological Congress in Nottingham in 1990, this volume spans a range of topics from the astronomical theory behind orbital forcing, to field studies dealing with a broad range of sedimentary environments, and to modelling and simulation. State-of-the-art research papers. International expert authorship. The latest research in the highly topical subject of orbital forcing.
Phanerozoic Ironstones
Author: Timothy Peter YoungPublisher: Geological Society Publishing House
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description