Glacial marine sedimentation : paleoclimatic significance / edited by John B. Anderson, Gail M. Ashley.
| Other author | Anderson, John B., 1944- |
| Other author | Ashley, Gail M. (Gail Mowry) |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Boulder, Colo. : Geological Society of America, 1991. |
| Description | viii, 232 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Special papers (Geological Society of America) ; 261 Special papers (Geological Society of America) 261. ^A20279 |
| Contents | Sedimentary facies associated with Antarctica's floating ice masses -- Facies distribution resulting from sedimentation under polar interglacial climatic conditions within a high-latitude marginal basin, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica -- Laminated sediments in prodeltaic despoits, Glacier Bay, Alaska -- Ice-proximal sediment accumulation rates in a temperate glacial fjord, southeastern Alaska -- Grounding-line systems as second-order controls on fluctuations of tidewater termini of temperate glaciers -- Glacial marine sedimentation from tidewater glaciers in the Canadian High Arctic -- Sedimentology of late Pleistocene (Laurentide) deglacial-phase deposits, eastern Maine : an example of a temperate marine grounded ice-sheet margin. |
| Contents | Structural control of deposition by Pleistocene tidewater glaciers, Gulf of Maine -- Seismic stratigraphy of glacial marine units, Maine inner shelf -- Yakataga formation : a late Miocene to Pleistocene record of temperate glacial marine sedimentation in the Gulf of Alaska -- Paleoclimatic setting of the late Paleozoic marine ice sheet in the Karoo Basin of southern Africa -- Comparisons in depositional style of "polar" and "temperate" glacial ice : Late Paleozoic Whiteout Conglomerate (West Antarctica) and late Proterozoic Mineral Fork Formation (Utah) -- Late Proterozoic (Sturtian) succession of the North Flinders Basin, South Australia : an example of temperate glaciation of an active rift setting -- Glacial marine sedimentation : paleoclimatic significance. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Other title | Glacial marine sedimentation. |
| LCCN | 91019747 |
| ISBN | 0813722616 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | GC380.15 .G57 1991 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |