Glacial marine sedimentation
Subtitle: paleoclimatic significance
By: edited by John B. Anderson, Gail M. Ashley.
Contributors: Anderson, John B., 1944-; Ashley, Gail M.
Series: Special paper / Geological Society of America ;; 261; Special papers (Geological Society of America) ;; 261
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
Subjects: Marine sediments.; Drift.; Paleoclimatology.
Description: The papers in this collection are based on a symposium held at the 1988 annual meeting of the Geological Society of America, with the objective of identifying sedimentary criteria and facies models that can be used to characterize the glacial-climate setting of ancient sedimentary sequences. Includes papers on Antarctica, Alaska, and Ellesmere Island, and a brief literature review.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.