Contourites

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

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

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CD-ROM includes illustrations which provide a tool for researchers in the preparation of classroom lectures.

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 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 25 cm +

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780444529985, 0444529985, 9780444533517, 0444533516
oclc:ocn144525339
LC Classification:QE581.A1
Dewey Decimal:551.4686

CONTOURITE RESEARCH A FIELD IN FULL DEVELOPMENT / M. Rebesco, A. Camerlenghi and A.J. Van Loon: Bottom currents -- Contourites -- Drifts -- Sedimentary structures -- Prospects -- PERSONAL REMINISCENCES ON THE HISTORY OF CONTOURITES / K.J. Hsu: Not all deep sea sands are turbidites -- Turbidophiles and turbidophobes -- Erosional unconformity misinterpreted -- METHODS FOR CONTOURITE RESEARCH / J.A. Howe: Oceanographic measurements -- Geophysical methods -- Sampling strategies -- Analytical methods -- Onshore studies of ancient sequences -- Summary of multidisciplinary techniques -- ABYSSAL AND CONTOUR CURRENTS / W. Zenk: Abyssal currents in the global thermohaline circulation -- Contour currents -- DEEP WATER BOTTOM CURRENTS AND THEIR DEPOSITS / G. Shanmugam: Thermohaline induced geostrophic bottom currents -- Wind driven bottom currents the loop current -- Deep water tidal bottom currents -- Internal waves and tides baroclinic currents -- DYNAMICS OF THE BOTTOM BOUNDARY LAYER / S. Salon, A. Crise and A.J. Van Loon: Spectral windows -- Characteristics of the bottom boundary layer -- Analytical approach of the BBL -- SEDIMENT ENTRAINMENT / Y. He, T. Duan and Z. Gao: Benthic storms tr…