Contourites

Contourites

by Camerlenghi, A., (Angelo) Rebesco, M., (Michele)

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Contourites are sediments deposited or substantially reworked by bottom currents. The study of contourites is nowadays crucial for several fields of fundamental and applied research: palaeoclimatology and paleoceanography, since these fairly continuous and relatively high-resolution sediments hold the key for priceless information on the variability in circulation patter, current velocity, oceanographic history and basin interconnectivity; hydrocarbon exploration, since accumulation of source r…

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  • Full title :Contourites / edited by M. Rebesco and A. Camerlenghi.

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Contourites are sediments deposited or substantially reworked by bottom currents. The study of contourites is nowadays crucial for several fields of fundamental and applied research: palaeoclimatology and paleoceanography, since these fairly continuous and relatively high-resolution sediments hold the key for priceless information on the variability in circulation patter, current velocity, oceanographic history and basin interconnectivity; hydrocarbon exploration, since accumulation of source rocks may be favoured by weak bottom currents, whereas "clean" deep-sea sands may be formed by robust flows; slope stability, since low-permeability fine-grained contourites facilitate the formation of overpressurized gliding planes when fresh contourites with a high pore-water content becomes rapidly loaded, or when their rigid biosiliceous microfabric collapses due to diagenetic conditions.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2008.
  • Edition:1st ed

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Elsevier
  • Place of Publication:Amsterdam
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2008.

The Physical Object

  • Description:xxii, 663 p. : : ill., maps ; : 25 cm.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0444529985, 9780444529985
  • oclc:on1205108415
  • LC Classification:QE581.A1
  • Dewey Decimal:551.4686

Subjects

Marine sediments Sédiments marins

Writers

Camerlenghi, A., (Angelo) Rebesco, M., (Michele)

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