Contourites
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | San Diego : Elsevier Science & Technology Books La Vergne : MyiLibrary [Distributor] |
| Description | 688 p. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBook - Earth and Planetary Sciences 2007 |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBook - Earth and Planetary Sciences 2008 [EBCEPS08] |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBook - Earth and Planetary Sciences 2009 |
| Other author/creator | Rebesco, M. |
| Other author/creator | Camerlenghi, A. |
| Other author/creator | Camerlenghi, M. |
| Other author/creator | Rebesco, A. |
| Summary | Annotation 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. Despite its significance, this group of sediments is poorly known by the majority of nonspecialists. Notwithstanding the growing interest and the intensified research in contourites, a textbook that might also serve as a reference book on contourites was missing until now. This book addresses all aspects of the knowledge in the field of contourites and provides an authorative and comprehensive coverage of the subject. It also can serve as a standard reference work for non-specialists, and in particular postgraduate students, university teachers and lecturers, researchers and professionals who are seeking an authoritative source of information about contourites. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9781281928764 |
| ISBN | 1281928763 (E-Book) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9781281928764 |
| Stock number | 00991439 |
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