UID:
almahu_9948026445602882
Format:
1 online resource (241 p.)
ISBN:
1-281-79777-4
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9786611797775
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0-08-086922-X
Series Statement:
Developments in sedimentology ; 11
Content:
Introduction to paleolimnology
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; Introduction to Paleolimnology; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; Part I: The Lake Basin; CHAPTER 1. FORMATION OF LAKE BASINS; Structural basins; Mass movement basins; Volcanic basins; Meteoric basins; Solution basins; Glacial basins; Fluviatile basins; Wind basins; Organic basins; Animal basins; Shoreline basins; CHAPTER 2. QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION OF LAKE BASINS; Length and width; Volume and area; Maximum and mean depth; Length and development of shoreline; Ellipticity; CHAPTER 3. SHAPE AND DEVELOPMENT OF LAKE BASINS; REFERENCES; Part II: The Lake
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CHAPTER 4. THE LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENTWater; Color and transparency; Temperature distribution; CHAPTER 5. LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS: CHEMICAL PRECIPITATES; Calcium carbonate; Dolomite; Gypsum; Halite; Sodium and magnesium carbonate and sulfate salts; Other salts; CHAPTER 6. LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS: CLASTIC; Silts and clays; Sands and gravels; Volcanic ash; CHAPTER 7. LACUSTRINE STRUCTURES: DEPOSITIONAL AND EROSIONAL; Polygonal patterns; Mounds and depressions; Elongate features; REFERENCES; Part III: The Paleolake Basin; CHAPTER 8. PLEISTOCENE CHRONOLOGY; The boundaries of the Pleistocene
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Duration of the PleistocenePleistocene chronology; Hypotheses about the cause of the Pleistocene ice ages; CHAPTER 9. DISTRIBUTION, CAUSE, AND RECOGNITION OF PALEOLAKES; Distribution of paleolakes; Causes of paleolakes; Recognition of paleolakes; CHAPTER 10. PALEOCLIMATIC METHODS; Hydrologic studies; Development of formulas; Plants, coal, spores, and pollen studies; Vertebrate and invertebrate studies; Soil studies; Wind studies; Sea-level movement studies; Archeological studies; Geochemical studies; CHAPTER 11. SAMPLING METHODS; CHAPTER 12. FUTURE PALEOLIMNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; REFERENCES
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INDEX
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-444-53317-6
Language:
English
