Geologic Evolution of Atlantic Continental Rises

P. C. Graciansky

ISBN 10: 1468465023 / ISBN 13: 9781468465020

Published by Springer US, Humana, 2013

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Continental rises comprise approximately 10% of sedimentary processes by which modern and sub the earth's surface and contain 20% of its total sedi modern submarine fans and related features are ment volume ( ~ 100 million cubic kilometers). How constructed. To provide a broader perspective of conti ever, their great depth (2,000-6,000 m) below the sea nental-rise evolution, we have organized this volume surface and distance from shore-based population cen into four parts: ters, have kept them relatively insulated from man's geological explorations. During the last 10-15 years, 1. Part I addresses prerift and synrift tectonic and however, driven by an ever-increasing thirst for knowl depositional aspects that account for the location, edge of our planet's nature and origin, by a rising geometry, and thickness of subsequent continental imperative to find new reserves of fossil fuels, and by a rises. demand to find safe haven for hazardous wastes, ma 2. Part II embraces early postrift aspects, such as rine scientists have intensified their surveys of this vast subsurface structure, stratigraphy, and accumula province. tion rates; relationships to continental slope and Voluminous geological and geophysical data from shelf deposition and to continental source terrains; multichannel and single-channel seismic-reflection and the relative effects of local and global reg profiles, high-resolution seafloor images (SEABEAM, ulating agents, such as tectonism, eustacy, and pa Sea MARC, GLORIA), and various gravity, piston, leoclimate. This accounts for most of the ~ 187 and rotary cores (Deep Sea Drilling Project, Ocean million-year evolution of Atlantic continental rises.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Geologic Evolution of Atlantic Continental Rises
• Publisher: Springer US, Humana
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1468465023
• ISBN 13: 9781468465020
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 279W x 210H x 22D millimeters 279 millimeters width by 210 millimeters height by 22 millimeters depth
• Weight: 971 grams

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Synopsis

Although continental rises account for approximately ten percent of the earth's surface, they have been relatively insulated from geological explorations. This up-to-date volume chronicles the geological development of continental rises at several different locations along the margins of the Atlantic Ocean. The authors, internationally distinguished experts from both research and industry backgrounds, present regional syntheses and interpretations of both the surface and subsurface stratigraphic and depositional histories of Atlantic continental rises. Geologic Evolution of Atlantic Continental Rises emphasizes and examplifies features and processes characteristic to modern continental rises by offering data obtained from sea-floor imaging, high-resolution seismic profiling and shallow coring. After reviewing established models of Atlantic rise evolution, this book compares them with the latest documented and undocumented observations and interpretations, including new perspectives which challenge accepted models. Featuring foldout sedimentary isochron maps that show sequential evolution of the sediment-rich Atlantic margin, this volume also includes new techniques for detecting and dating tectonic episodes that affect continental rise deposition. Direct applications to global oceans appeal to an international audience.