Call number:
AWI G5-98-0115
In:
Geological Society special publication, No. 116
Description / Table of Contents:
The magnitude and causes of decadal to century-scale changes in climate are major issues of global concern. The separation of anthropogenically driven change from natural 'baseline' variability within the atmosphere/ocean system is a prerequisite to identifying human impact on global climate. An understanding of past climate variability is therefore a key to predicting future climate change. The sedimentary record of the oceans, seas and lakes is produced by a series of depositional events that occur on seasonal timescales but can rarely be resolved due to mixing of the sediment by bottomdwelling organisms. Where they are preserved, laminated sediments act like tree rings to record these seasonal-scale processes, such as plankton blooms and floods, and provide a uniquely high-resolution record of environmental change. In addition, annually laminated or 'varved' sediment sequences act as geochronometers against which other timescales can be tested. Laminated sediments may therefore be used to develop records of interannual and decadal-scale variability which serve to test models of climate change.
The authors cover a range of topics that include strategies for study and techniques of analysis. A series of case studies, dealing with a variety of lacustrine and marine records, illustrates the wide potential of laminated sediments as palaeoclimatic and palaeoceanographic indicators.
This volume will appeal to a wide range of earth and environmental scientists, geographers, geologists and oceanographers.
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
XII, 258 Seiten
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Illustrationen
ISBN:
1897799675
Series Statement:
Geological Society Special Publication 116
URL:
http://sp.lyellcollection.org/content/116/1
Language:
English
Note:
Alan E. S. Kemp: Laminated sediments as palaeo-indicators / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 116:vii-xii, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.116.01.01 ---
Controls on Formation and Strategies for Study ---
Roger Y. Anderson: Seasonal sedimentation: a framework for reconstructing climatic and environmental change / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 116:1-15, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.116.01.02 ---
Constance Sancetta: Laminated diatomaceous sediments: controls on formation and strategies for analysis / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 116:17-21, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.116.01.03 ---
Neal R. O’Brien: Shale lamination and sedimentary processes / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 116:23-36, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.116.01.04 ---
Methods and Techniques ---
Jennifer Pike and Alan E. S. Kemp: Preparation and analysis techniques for studies of laminated sediments / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 116:37-48, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.116.01.05 ---
Bernd Zolitschka: Image analysis and microscopic investigation of annually laminated lake sediments from Fayetteville Green Lake (NY, USA) Lake C2 (NWT, Canada) and Holzmaar (Germany): a comparison / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 116:49-55, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.116.01.06 ---
Lacustrine Environments ---
Konrad A. Hughen, Jonathan T. Overpeck, Robert F. Anderson, and Kerstin M. Williams: The potential for palaeoclimate records from varved Arctic lake sediments: Baffin Island, Eastern Canadian Arctic / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 116:57-71, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.116.01.07 ---
Gunilla Petterson: Varved sediments in Sweden: a brief review / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 116:73-77, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.116.01.08 ---
A. B. Leslie, A. C. Kendall, G. M. Harwood, and D. W. Powers: Conflicting indicators of palaeodepth during deposition of the Upper Permian Castile Formation, Texas and New Mexico / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 116:79-92, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.116.01.09 ---
California Borderland Basins ---
D. S. Gorsline, Enrique Nava-Sanchez, and Janette Murillo de Nava: A survey of occurrences of Holocene laminated sediments in California Borderland Basins: products of a variety of depositional processes / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 116:93-110, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.116.01.10 ---
James W. Hagadorn: Laminated sediments of Santa Monica Basin, California continental borderland / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 116:111-120, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.116.01.11 ---
Arndt Schimmelmann and Carina B. Lange: Tales of 1001 varves: a review of Santa Barbara Basin sediment studies / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 116:121-141, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.116.01.12 ---
David Bull and Alan E. S. Kemp: Composition and origins of laminae in late Quaternary and Holocene sediments from the Santa Barbara Basin / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 116:143-156, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.116.01.13 ---
Continental Margin and Other Marine Basins ---
Jennifer Pike and Alan E. S. Kemp: Records of seasonal flux in Holocene laminated sediments, Gulf of California / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 116:157-169, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.116.01.14 ---
Konrad A. Hughen, Jonathan T. Overpeck, Larry C. Peterson, and Robert F. Anderson: The nature of varved sedimentation in the Cariaco Basin, Venezuela, and its palaeoclimatic significance / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 116:171-183, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.116.01.15 ---
H. Schulz, U. Von Rad, and U. Von Stackelberg: Laminated sediments from the oxygen-minimum zone of the northeastern Arabian Sea / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 116:185-207, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.116.01.16 ---
Grzegorz Haczewski: Oligocene laminated limestones as a high-resolution correlator of palaeoseismicity, Polish Carpathians / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 116:209-220, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.116.01.17 ---
Deep-sea Laminated Sediment Records ---
R. B. Pearce, A. E. S. Kemp, J. G. Baldauf, and S. C. King: High-resolution sedimentology and micropalaeontology of laminated diatomaceous sediments from the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean (Leg 138) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 116:221-241, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.116.01.18 ---
Alan E. S. Kemp, Jack G. Baldauf, and Richard B. Pearce: Origins and palaeoceangraphic significance of laminated daitom ooze from the Eastern Equatorial Pacific Ocean / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 116:243-252, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.116.01.19
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