Marine Tephrochronology
Marine Tephrochronology

Author: W.E.N. Austin

Publisher: Geological Society of London

Published: 2014-10-03

Total Pages: 215

ISBN-13: 1862396418

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This Special Publication includes articles presenting recent advances in marine tephrochronological studies and outlines innovative techniques in geochemical fingerprinting, stratigraphy and the understanding of depositional processes. It represents a significant resource for the palaeoceanographic community at a time when marine tephrochronology is being more widely recognized. It will also serve as a valuable reference to a much wider community of Earth scientists, climate scientists and archaeologists, particularly in highlighting the role of tephra studies in stratigraphy and regional/extra-regional correlations, as well as in tracing the long-term history of regional and global volcanism in the deep-sea archive.

Encyclopedia of Scientific Dating Methods
Encyclopedia of Scientific Dating Methods

Author: W. Jack Rink

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-08-15

Total Pages: 978

ISBN-13: 9789400763036

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This volume provides an overview of (1) the physical and chemical foundations of dating methods and (2) the applications of dating methods in the geological sciences, biology, and archaeology, in almost 200 articles from over 200 international authors. It will serve as the most comprehensive treatise on widely accepted dating methods in the earth sciences and related fields. No other volume has a similar scope, in terms of methods and applications and particularly time range. Dating methods are used to determine the timing and rate of various processes, such as sedimentation (terrestrial and marine), tectonics, volcanism, geomorphological change, cooling rates, crystallization, fluid flow, glaciation, climate change and evolution. The volume includes applications in terrestrial and extraterrestrial settings, the burgeoning field of molecular-clock dating and topics in the intersection of earth sciences with forensics. The content covers a broad range of techniques and applications. All major accepted dating techniques are included, as well as all major datable materials.

Sediments and Environmental Geochemistry
Sediments and Environmental Geochemistry

Author: Dietrich Heling

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 520

ISBN-13: 3642750974

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Sediments and Environmental Geochemistry is dedicated to Professor German Müller on the occasion of his 60th birthday. The individual articles, written by outstanding scientists, cover a wide range of subjects indicating the broad spectrum of his interests. The main topics are: Carbonate and Evaporite Petrology, Petroleum Formation and Exploration, Environmental Geochemistry, Coal Petrography, Data Bases in Geosciences, and Volcanology.

Past Climate Variability through Europe and Africa
Past Climate Variability through Europe and Africa

Author: Richard W. Battarbee

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-11-06

Total Pages: 653

ISBN-13: 1402021216

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This book focuses on two complementary time-scales, the Holocene (approximately the last 11,500 years) and the last glacial-interglacial cycle (approximately the last 130,000 years) to synthesize evidence of climate variability at the regional and continental scale across Europe and Africa. This is the first examination of historical climate variations at such a scale, and thus sets a benchmark for future research.

Hazards and Monitoring of Volcanic Activity 1
Hazards and Monitoring of Volcanic Activity 1

Author: Jean-François Lénat

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2022-08-02

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 1394163347

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The impact of natural disasters has become an important and ever-growing preoccupation for modern societies. Volcanic eruptions are particularly feared due to their devastating local, regional or global effects. Relevant scientific expertise that aims to evaluate the hazards of volcanic activity and monitor and predict eruptions has progressively developed since the start of the 20th century. The further development of fundamental knowledge and technological advances over this period have allowed scientific capabilities in this field to evolve. Hazards and Monitoring of Volcanic Activity groups a number of available techniques and approaches to render them easily accessible to teachers, researchers and students. This volume is dedicated to geological and historical approaches. The assessment of hazards and monitoring strategies is based primarily on knowledge of a volcano’s past behavior or that of similar volcanoes. The book presents the different types of volcanic hazards and various approaches to their mapping before providing a history of monitoring techniques.

Proceedings of the 11th Annual Pacific Climate (PACLIM) Workshop
Proceedings of the 11th Annual Pacific Climate (PACLIM) Workshop

Author: Caroline M. Isaacs

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9780788124754

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20 papers included: tree ring records from Tasmania; evaluation of the relative importance of temperature and precipitation to major paleoenvironmental changes; link between volcanism and climate cooling; examination of decadel to century time-scale variability in the climate system; nonlinear time series analysis; deterministic chaos offers a new paradigm for understanding irregular fluctuations; summer temperature reconstructions from tree-ring chronologies; paleoclimatic data for Mexico; South American hydrology; El Nino events; and more.