Contourites

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Contourites are sediments deposited or substantially reworked by bottom currents. The study of contourites is crucial for several fields of fundamental and applied research: paleoclimatology and paleo-oceanography, 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…

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Full title :Contourites.

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Publication Date:2008.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Elsevier Science
Place of Publication:Burlington
Language:eng
Publication Date:2008.

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10.5 Sedimentary Structures in Facies Models.

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Description:1 online resource (793 pages)

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ISBN:0444529985, 9780444529985, 9780080931869, 0080931863
oclc:ocn990384525
LC Classification:GC380.15 .C65 2008
Dewey Decimal:551.3

Front Cover; Developments in Sedimentology, 60: Contourites; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; Part 1 Contourite Research; Chapter 1 Contourite Research: A Field in Full Development; 1.1 Bottom Currents; 1.2 Contourites; 1.3 Drifts; 1.4 Sedimentary Structures; 1.5 Prospects; Chapter 2 Personal Reminiscences on the History of Contourites; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Not All Deep-Sea Sands are Turbidites; 2.3 Turbidophiles and Turbidophobes; 2.4 Erosional Unconformity Misinterpreted; Chapter 3 Methods for Contourite Research; 3.1 Introduction.

3.2 Oceanographic Measurements3.3 Geophysical Methods; 3.4 Sampling Strategies; 3.5 Analytical Methods; 3.6 Onshore Studies of Ancient Sequences; 3.7 Summary of Multidisciplinary Techniques; Acknowledgements; Part 2 Bottom Currents; Chapter 4 Abyssal and Contour Currents; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Abyssal Currents in the Global Thermohaline Circulation; 4.3 Contour Currents; 4.4 Conclusion and Summary; Acknowledgments; Chapter 5 Deep-water Bottom Currents and Their Deposits; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Thermohaline-Induced Geostrophic Bottom Currents; 5.3 Wind-Driven Bottom Currents: The Loop Current.

5.4 Deep-Water Tidal Bot…