Antarctic palaeoenvironments and earth-surface processes
By: edited by M.J. Hambrey, Aberystwyth University, Wales, P.F. Barker, British Antarctic Survey, UK, P.J. Barrett, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, V. Bowman, University of Leeds, UK, B. Davies, Aberystwyth University, Wales, J.L. Smellie, University of Leicester, UK, and M. Tranter, University of Bristol, UK
Contributors: Geological Society of London
Series: Geological Society special publication -- no. 381; Geological Society special publication -- no. 381.
Publisher: The Geological Society
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 506
ISBN-13: 9781862393639
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Evolutionary paleoecology; Paleoecology; Paleogeography; Paleobiology; Paleoclimatology
Description: The volume highlights developments in our understanding of the palaeogeographical, palaeobiological, palaeoclimatic and cryospheric evolution of Antarctica. It focuses on the sedimentary record from the Devonian to the Quaternary Period. It features tectonic evolution and stratigraphy, as well as processes taking place adjacent to, beneath and beyond the ice-sheet margin, including the continental shelf. --
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Antarctic palaeoenvironments and Earth-surface processes in context / M.J. Hambrey and B.J. Davies; title: The geological and tectonic evolution of the Transantarctic Mountains: a review / D.H. Elliot; title: Differential movement across Byrd Glacier, Antarctica, as indicated by Apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronology and geomorphological analysis / D.J. Foley, E. Stump, M. van Soest, K.X. Wipple and K.V. Hodges; title: Mesozoic to recent evolution of intraplate stress fields under multiple remote stresses: the case of Signy Island (South Orkney Microenvironment, Antarctica) / A. Maestro, J. López-Martínez and F. Bohoyo; title: The Taylor Group (Beacon Supergroup): the Devonian sediments of Antarctica / M.A. Bradshaw; title: Late Cretaceous dinosaurs from the James Ross Basin, West Antarctica / M.A. Reguero, C.P. Tambussi, R.A. Coria and S.A. Marenssi; title: Palaeobiogeography of Austral echinoid faunas: a first quantative approach / T. Saucede, B. Pierrat, A. Brayard and B. David; title: Taxonomic diversity of Eocene Antarctic penguins: a changing picture / P. Jadwiszczak; title: Heat-flow determinations of basement age in small oceanic basins of the southern central Scotia Sea / P.F. Barker, L.A. Lawver and R.D. Larter; title: Cenozoic landscape and ice drainage evolution in the Lambert Glacier-Amery ice shelf system / D.A. White; title: History of the grounded ice sheet in the Ross Sea sector of Antarctica during the Last Glacial Maximum and the last termination / B.L. Hall, G.H. Denton, J.G. Stone and H. Conway; title: Late Eocene Glaciofluvial to Clasciomarine transition in the Lambert Graben: constraints from lithofacies and mineralogy of ODP Site 1166 sediments, Prydz Bay, Antarctica / K. Strand, J. Köykkä and J. Lamminen; title: The Offshore New Harbour Project: deciphering the Middle Miocene through Late Eocene seismic stratigraphy of Offshore New Harbour, western Ross Sea, Antarctica / S.F. Pekar, M.A. Speece, G.S. Wilson, D.S. Sunwall and K.J. Tinto; title: Constraints on Antarctic Ice Sheet configuration during and following the Last Glacial Maximum and its spisodic contribution to sea-level rise / J.B. Anderson, A.E. Kirshner and A.R. Simms; title: Glaciomarine sedimentation dynamics of the Abbot glacial trough of the Amundsen Sea Embayment shelf, West Antarctica / K Hochmuth and K. Gohl; title: Southern Ocean bioproductivity during the last glacial cycle; title: new detection method and decadal-scale insight from the Scotia Sea / D. Sprenk, M.E. Weber, G. Huh, P. Rosén, M. Frank, M. Molina-Kescher, V. Liebetrau and H.-G. Röhling; title: Palaeoenvironmental records from the West Antarctic Peninsula drift sediments over the last 75 ka / M.J. Vautravers, D.A. Hodell, J.E.T. Channell, C.-D. Hillenbrand, Hall, M., J. Smith and R.D. Larter; title: Provenance of Pleistocene sediments fro Site U1359 of the Wilkes Land IODP Leg 318; title: evidence for multiple sourcing from the East Antarctic Craton and Ross Orogen / N.C. Pant, P. Biswas, P.K. Shirivastava, S. Bhattacharya, K. Verma, M. Pandey and IODP Expedition 318 Scientific Party; title: Geomorphological evidence of cold-based glacier activity in South Victoria Land, Antarctica / C.B. Atkins; title: A review of geomorphic processes and landforms in the Dry Valleys of southern Victoria Land: implications for evaluating climate change and ice-sheet stability / D.R. Marchant, S.L. Mackay, J.L. Lamp, A.T. Hayden and J.W. Head; title: Landscape evolution and ice-sheet behaviour in a semi-arid polar environment: James Ross Island, NE Antarctic Peninsula / B.J. Davies, N.F. Glasser, J.L. Carrivick, M.J. Hambrey, J.L. Smellie and Nývlt, D.; title: Windows on Antarctic soil-landscape relationships: comparison across selected regions of Antarctica / M.R. Balks, J. López-Martínez, S.V. Goryachkin, N.S. Mergelov, C.E.G.R. Schaeffer, F.N.B. Simas, P.C. Almond, G.G.C. Claridge, M. McLeod and J. Scarrow; title: Sedimentary processes in two different polar periglacial environments: examples from Schirmacher Oasis and Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica / R. Asthana, P.K. Shrivastava, M.J. Beg, A.K. Swain, A. Dharwadkar, S.K. Roy and H.B. Srivastava; title: Periglacial processes and landforms of the Antarctic: a review of recent studies and directions / K. Hall; title: Palaeoshoreline records of glacial isostatic adjustment in the Dry Valleys region, Antarctica / S.A. Konfal, T.J. Wilson and B.L. Hall; title: Characteristic atmosphere-ocean-solid earth interactions in the Antarctic coastal and marine environment inferred from seismic and infrasound recording at Syowa Station, East Antarctica / M. Kanao, A. Maggi, Y. Ishihara, E. Stutzmann, M.-Y. Yamamoto and G. Toyokuni; title: Evaluation of Envisat ASAR IMP imagery for snow mapping at varying spatial resolution (Deception Island, South Shetlands; title: Antarctica).