Author: Hervé ChamleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Marine biology
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Environment of epicontinental seas
Author: Hervé ChamleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Marine biology
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Environment of Epicontinental Seas
Author: Hervé ChamleySedimentology and Stratigraphy
Author: Gary NicholsPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118687779
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
This fully revised and updated edition introduces the reader to sedimentology and stratigraphic principles, and provides tools for the interpretation of sediments and sedimentary rocks. The processes of formation, transport and deposition of sediment are considered and then applied to develop conceptual models for the full range of sedimentary environments, from deserts to deep seas and reefs to rivers. Different approaches to using stratigraphic principles to date and correlate strata are also considered, in order to provide a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of sedimentology and stratigraphy. The text and figures are designed to be accessible to anyone completely new to the subject, and all of the illustrative material is provided in an accompanying CD-ROM. High-resolution versions of these images can also be downloaded from the companion website for this book at: www.wiley.com/go/nicholssedimentology.
Recognition of Ancient Sedimentary Environments
Author: J. Keith RigbyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
The Persian Gulf
Author: Bruce H. PurserPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642655459
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
This volume, although not an integrated synthesis, treats most aspects of Holocene sedimenta tion and diagenesis in the Persian Gulf, grouping 22 contributions under a single cover and in one language. Because these sediments and diagenetic minerals are comparable to those existing in many ancient sedimentary basins, their appraisal should be of value to the enlarging group of workers who interpret ancient sedimentary rocks. The essential morphological, climatic and oceanographic factors determining Holocene sedimen tation and diagenesis in the Persian Gulf are summarized in the introductory article by PURSER and SEIBOLD. These environmental controls and the overall morphology of the Persian Gulf have much in common with Shark Bay, Western Australia, described by LOGAN et al. (1970). On the other hand, the Persian Gulf is markedly different from the better known Florida and Bahamian prov inces; the floor of the Persian Gulf is gently inclined from continental shoreline to bathymetric axis (80-100 m); the Bahamian province, on the other hand, is horizontal and extremely shallow (2-10 m), with very sharply defined shelf edges surrounded by deep oceanic waters. These contrast ing architectural styles are related to different tectonic frames.
Environmental science : understanding, protecting, and managing the environment in the Baltic Sea region
Author: Lars RydénPublisher: Baltic University Press
ISBN: 9197001708
Category : Baltic Sea Region
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
Jurassic Environments
Author: HallamPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521205557
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
A review of the advances in Jurassic studies from 1956 to 1975.
Encyclopedia of Paleoclimatology and Ancient Environments
Author: Vivien GornitzPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402045514
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1062
Book Description
One of Springer’s Major Reference Works, this book gives the reader a truly global perspective. It is the first major reference work in its field. Paleoclimate topics covered in the encyclopedia give the reader the capability to place the observations of recent global warming in the context of longer-term natural climate fluctuations. Significant elements of the encyclopedia include recent developments in paleoclimate modeling, paleo-ocean circulation, as well as the influence of geological processes and biological feedbacks on global climate change. The encyclopedia gives the reader an entry point into the literature on these and many other groundbreaking topics.
Fundamentals of the Physical Environment
Author: Peter SmithsonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134570678
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
The third edition of this popular textbook has been extensively revised to incorporate current thinking and knowledge in the area of physical geography and the environment whilst retaining its basic structure.
Environmental Structure And Function: Climate System - Volume II
Author: George Vadimovich GruzaPublisher: EOLSS Publications
ISBN: 1848262892
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Environmental Structure and Function: Climate System is a component of Encyclopedia of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences in the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty one Encyclopedias. This 2-volume set contains several chapters, each of size 5000-30000 words, with perspectives, applications and extensive illustrations. It carries state-of-the-art knowledge in the fields of Environmental Structure and Function: Climate Systems and is aimed, by virtue of the several applications, at the following five major target audiences: University and College Students, Educators, Professional Practitioners, Research Personnel and Policy Analysts, Managers, and Decision Makers and NGOs.