James / Ginsburg The Seaward Margin of the Belize Barrier and Atoll Reefs

Morphology, Sedimentology, Organism Distribution and Late Quaternary History
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4443-0372-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 204 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: International Association Of Sedimentologists Series

This first IAS Special Publication contains the oral presentationsfrom a special symposium on pelagic sediments held in Zurich in1973. The aim of the symposium was to bring together sea-borneresearchers involved with the Deep Sea Drilling Project andland-locked researchers studying ancient sediments.
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Autoren/Hrsg.

James, Noel P.

Ginsburg, Robert N.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The geological setting of Belize reefs.
The geophysical anatomy of the southern Belize continentalmargin and adjacent basins.
The morphology, sediments and organisms of the deep barrier reefand fore-reef.
The Perireefal sediments.
The composition and age of limestones from the reef front, walland fore-reef.
Petrography of limestones from the wall and fore-reef.
Comparative anatomy, organism distribution and late quaternaryevolution of modern reef margins.
Sedimentation and diagenesis on the deep seaward margin ofmodern reefs