Emergence and evolution of Barbados / by Robert C. Speed, Department of Geological Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, Hai Cheng, Institute of Global Environmental Change, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710054 China and Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota ; edited by Christine Speed and Richard Sedlock and Lawrence Andreas.

Author/creator Speed, Robert C. author.
Format Book
PublicationBoulder, Colorado : The Geological Society of America, 2021.
Copyright Date©2021
Descriptionvi, 128 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 28 cm.
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Other author/creatorCheng, Hai (Professor of Geology) author.
Other author/creatorSpeed, Christine editor.
Other author/creatorSedlock, Richard L., 1958- editor.
Other author/creatorAndreas, Lawrence, editor.
SeriesSpecial paper ; 549
Special papers (Geological Society of America) ; 549. ^A20279
Contents Marine terrace evolution of windward Barbados / Robert C. Speed and Hai Cheng -- Active emergence, chronology, and limestone facies in southeastern windward Barbados / Robert C. Speed and Hai Cheng -- Geology of southeastern Barbados / Robert C. Speed and Hai Cheng.
Abstract "Chapter 1 shows that the windward slope of Barbados and its terraced morphology evolved principally by wave erosion during uplift and eustatic oscillation, rather than by biohermal growth. Chapter 2 describes the interplay of erosion and limestone deposition during eustatic oscillation over a span of 700,000 years. It represents the first comprehensive field and chronologic study to integrate marine erosion and deposition with tectonic uplift rates to determine emergence values and rates of the stratigraphic and evolutionary model. Chapter 3 describes the distributions, lithology, depositional environments, and ages of the limestone stratigraphic subunits for seven study areas in southeastern Barbados"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 2021004034
ISBN9780813725499 (paperback)
ISBN0813725496 (paperback)
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