Late Quaternary Palaeoceanography of the North Atlantic Margins
Late Quaternary Palaeoceanography of the North Atlantic Margins

Author: John T. Andrews

Publisher: Geological Society of London

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 9781897799611

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The focus of this book is on oceanic climate change during the last deglaciation period and the high temporal resolution that can be obtained from sediment records at continental margin sites. The book draws together papers from the north-eastern North American continental margin with those from the north-west European Arctic and the Arctic and North Atlantic Oceans.

The Northern North Atlantic
The Northern North Atlantic

Author: Priska Schäfer

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 520

ISBN-13: 3642568769

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The northern North Atlantic is one of the regions most sensitive to past and present global changes. This book integrates the results of an interdisciplinary project studying the properties of the Greenland-Iceland-Norwegian Seas and the processes of pelagic and benthic particle formation, particle transport, and deposition in the deep-sea sediments. Ice-related and biogeochemical processes have been investigated to decipher the spatial and temporal variability of the production and fate of organic carbon in this region. Isotopic stratigraphy, microfossil assemblages and paleotemperatures are combined to reconstruct paleoceanographic conditions and to model past climatic changes in the Late Quaternary. The Greenland-Iceland-Norwegian Seas can now be considered one of the best studied subbasins of the world`s oceans.

Western North Atlantic Palaeogene and Cretaceous Palaeoceanography
Western North Atlantic Palaeogene and Cretaceous Palaeoceanography

Author: Geological Society of London

Publisher: Geological Society of London

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9781862390782

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Palaeogene and Cretaceous palaeoceanography has been the focus of intense international interest in the last few years, spurred by deep ocean drilling at Blake Nose in the North Atlantic as well as the need to use past climate change as input for modelling future climate change. This book brings together a number of review papers that describe ancient oceans and unique events in the Earth's climatic history and evolution of biota. The papers show evidence of periods characterized by exceptional global warmth such as the Late Palaeocene Thermal Maximum and Cretaceous anoxic events. Geochemical records and modelling will make the reader aware that these periods were forced by greenhouse gases.

The Northern North Atlantic
The Northern North Atlantic

Author: Priska Schäfer

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2001-04-02

Total Pages: 520

ISBN-13: 9783540672319

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The northern North Atlantic is one of the regions most sensitive to past and present global changes. This book integrates the results of an interdisciplinary project studying the properties of the Greenland-Iceland-Norwegian Seas and the processes of pelagic and benthic particle formation, particle transport, and deposition in the deep-sea sediments. Ice-related and biogeochemical processes have been investigated to decipher the spatial and temporal variability of the production and fate of organic carbon in this region. Isotopic stratigraphy, microfossil assemblages and paleotemperatures are combined to reconstruct paleoceanographic conditions and to model past climatic changes in the Late Quaternary. The Greenland-Iceland-Norwegian Seas can now be considered one of the best studied subbasins of the world`s oceans.

Marine Geology and Palaeoceanography
Marine Geology and Palaeoceanography

Author: Berggren

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2020-04-22

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 100008308X

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This volume presents the proceedings of Symposium on Marine Geology and Palaeoceanography of the 30th International Geological Congress at Beijing. The proceedings aim to present a view of contemporary marine geology and should be of interest to researchers in the geological science.

Economic and Palaeoceanographic Significance of Contourite Deposits
Economic and Palaeoceanographic Significance of Contourite Deposits

Author: Geological Society of London

Publisher: Geological Society of London

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 9781862392267

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There has lately been a growth in the number and level of studies of contourite deposits. Most recent studies of contourites have two major lines of interest. One, propelled by the oil industry's continuous move into increasingly deep waters, concerns their economic significance. The other involves the stratigraphic/ palaeoceanographic record of ocean circulation changes imprinted on contourite deposits that can be a key to understanding better the climate-ocean connection. The application of many different theoretical, experimental and empirical resources provided by geophysics, sedimentology, geochemistry, petrology, scale modeling and field geology are used in the 16 papers of this volume, proposing answers to those two main aspects. The papers are subdivided into two major categories (economic interest and stratigraphic/palaeoceanographic significance), with case studies ranging from well-documented drifts to new examples of modern and fossil series, involving a large diversity of geographic and physiographic scenarios worldwide

Modern Planktonic Foraminifera
Modern Planktonic Foraminifera

Author: Christoph Hemleben

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 1461235448

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In a single volume, the authors bring together a review of current biological understanding of planktonic foraminifera and apply it to developments in sedimentology. With the growing interest in the shells of this class of protozoa as indicators of the history of the earth, revealed through the sedimentary record, a comprehensive analysis of the biology of contemporary foraminifera has become necessary. Main topics covered include Taxonomy, Collecting and Culture Methods, Cellular Ultrastructure, Host and Symbiont Relationships, Trophic Activity and Nutrition, Reproduction, Shell Ontogeny and Architecture, Ecology and Sedimentation and Settlement of Shells.

Developments in Palygorskite-Sepiolite Research
Developments in Palygorskite-Sepiolite Research

Author: Arieh Singer

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2011-09-02

Total Pages: 529

ISBN-13: 0444536078

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The aim of this comprehenvise book is to present the most important results achieved in the research of the clay minerals palygorskite and sepiolite. Palygorskite and sepiolite have found to be useful in a huge variety of industrial and medical applications. As a result, research on these clays has been intensified during the last two decades, and important advances in their characterization have been made. The book contains contributions from distinguished scientists in the field. Comprehensive treatment of palygorskite and sepiolite Cutting-edge developments in industrial minerals and applications Written by distinguished scientists in the field

Cretaceous Resources, Events and Rhythms
Cretaceous Resources, Events and Rhythms

Author: Robert N. Ginsburg

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 1990-02-28

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 9780792306306

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' this volume represents perhaps the best available report on state-of-the-science cretaceous research. Some may query the wisdom of grand schemes such as the GSGP, believing that science is best left to the imaginative individual. This useful volume offers a persuasive counter-argument. That it speaks with many voices (if not languages) is to be expected and indeed adds to its strength.' Cretaceous Research 11, 1990