Geologic evolution of Atlantic continental rises
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Geologic evolution of Atlantic continental rises
Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1992
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Geologic evolution of Atlantic continential rises
Continental rises
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Two folded leaves of transects inserted in pocket
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Description
Because of their great depth and distance from the shore, continental rises have been relatively insulated from geological explorations. Distinguished international experts offer new interpretations of continental-rise deposition at several different locations along the margins of the Atlantic Ocean in this volume. They provide findings generated by new measurement and imaging technology, complete with fold-out maps that display a panorama of erosional features for comparison with other ocean regions. New techniques for detecting and dating tectonic episodes that affect continental rise deposition will be especially useful to petroleum engineers involved in offshore oil exploration. Information is included on the role of massive slides in forming continental-rise deposits and interaction of sedimentation on modern continental rises.
Table of Contents
I. Prerift and Synrift Evolution.- 1. Galicia Continental Margin: Constraints on Formation of Nonvolcanic Passive Margins.- 2. Southwest African Plate Margin: Thermal History and Geodynamical Implications.- II. Early Postrift Evolution.- 3. Antarctic Continental Margin: Geologic Image of Bransfield Trough, an Incipient Oceanic Basin.- 4. Southwestern Africa Continental Rise: Structural and Sedimentary Evolution.- 5. Angola Basin: Geohistory and Construction of the Continental Rise.- 6. U.S. Middle Atlantic Continental Rise: Provenance, Dispersal, and Deposition of Jurassic to Quaternary Sediments.- 7. Norway — Svalbard Continental Margin: Structural and Stratigraphical Styles.- III. Late Postrift Evolution.- 8. Southern Brazil Basin: Sedimentary Processes and Features and Implications for Continental-Rise Evolution.- 9. Southeastern New England Continental Rise: Origin and History of Slide Complexes.- 10. Western Nova Scotia Continental Rise: Relative Importance of Mass Wasting and Deep Boundary-Current Activity.- 11. Guinea and Ivory Coast — Ghana Transform Margins: Combined Effects of Synrift Structure and Postrift Bottom Currents on Evolution and Morphology.- 12. Northwest African Continental Rise: Effects of Near-Bottom Processes Inferred from High-Resolution Seismic Data.- 13. Saharan Continental Rise: Facies Distribution and Sediment Slides.- IV. Synthesis.- 14. Geologic Evolution of Continental Rises: A Circum-Atlantic Perspective.
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