Studies of Cave Sediments: Physical and Chemical Records of Paleoclimate

ISBN-13: 9781402053269 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 329 str.

Ira D. Sasowsky; John Mylroie; I. D. Sasowsky

Opis

Caves serve as unique repositories for geologic, biologic, and anthropologic information. The sediments within these natural cavities are incredibly diverse. They include secondary minerals such as calcite and gypsum, which occur in sundry forms, as well as allogenic and autogenic clasts. This book is for any geoscience researcher or student with interests in climate change, paleohydrology, karst geology, and sedimentology. Studies of Cave Sediments is the first comprehensive volume on cave sediments. It provides case-studies from around the world, gives guidance on appropriate applications of techniques, and their limitations, synthesizes methods that can be used to decipher complex deposits, and includes chemical deposits (speleothems) as well as clastic sediments.

Recenzje

From the reviews:

"Studies of Cave Sediments focuses on ... Quaternary (historic to 1.8 million years old) paleoclimate information preserved in cave sediments. The review chapters ... are excellent introductions to the subject areas for graduate students, research scientists, and senior-level undergraduates. ... Overall, the quality of this publication is very high, with good black-and-white illustrations, a clear layout, good referencing and indexing, and no typographical errors ... ." (Andy Baker, Eos, Vol. 88 (42), 2007)

"Paleoclimate studies are indeed becoming increasingly more complex. ... The book covers some preferentially selected ... physical and chemical geologic, biologic, and anthropologic speleothemic data of cave or karst sediments to reconstruct paleoclimates. ... The book naturally appeals to climatologist experts, but also to any specialist and intelligent 'generalist' or amateur scientist interested in cave/karst/speleological features." (Karl Wolf, The Australian Geologist Newsletter, Vol. 37, 2008)

Spis treści

1. LITHOFACIES AND TRANSPORT OF CLASTIC SEDIMENTS IN KARSTIC AQUIFERS, Rachel F. Bosch and William B. White.- 2. SEDIMENT AND SEDIMENT-ASSOCIATED CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT THROUGH KARST, Barbara J. Mahier et al. - 3. PALAEOMAGNETIC ANALYSIS OF SEDIMENTS ON THE BUCHAN CAVES, SOUTHEASTERN AUSTRALIA, PROVIDES A PRE-LATE PLEISTOCENE DATE FOR LANDSCAPE AND CLIMATE EVOLUTION, R. J. Musgrave and J. A. Webb - 4. PALEOMAGNETIC ANALYSIS OF A LONG-TERM SEDIMENT TRAP, KOOKEN CAVE, HUNTINGDON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, USA, Ira D. Sasowsky et al. - 5. PROVENANCE OF SUSPENDED SEDIMENT DISCHARGED FROM A KARST AQUIFER DETERMINED BY CLAY MINERALOGY F. Leo Lynch et al. - 6. READING VIRGINIA’S PALEOCLIMATE FROM THE GEOCHEMISTRY AND SEDIMENTOLOGY OF CLASTIC CAVE SEDIMENTS, Elizabeth P. Knapp et al. - 7. GLACIALLY-INFLUENCED SEDIMENT CYCLES IN THE LIME CREEK KARST, EAGLE COUNTY, COLORADO Paul A. Burger - 8. CAVE SEDIMENTS AND DENUDED CAVERNS IN THE LAKI RAVNIK, CLASSICAL KARST OF SLOVENIA, France uteri - 9. PALEOCLIMATE RECORDS FROM SPELEOTHEMS IN LIMESTONE CAVES, William B. White - 10. URANIUM-SERIES DATING OF SPELEOTHEMS: CURRENT TECHNIQUES, LIMITS, & APPLICATIONS, Jeffrey A. Dorale et al. - 11. PALEOCLIMATE INFORMATION FROM SPELEOTHEMS: THE PRESENT AS A GUIDE TO THE PAST, Russell S. Harmon et al. - 12. INFLUENCE OF DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT ON DEVIL’S HOLE CALCITE MORPHOLOGY AND PETROLOGY, Peter T. Kolesar and Alan C. Riggs - 13. SPELEOTHEMS FROM THE HIGH-ALPINE SPANNAGEL CAVE, ZILLERTAL ALPS (AUSTRIA), Christoph Spotl et al. - 14. ISOTOPE STAGE II, THE 'SUPER-INTERGLACIAL”, FROM A NORTH NORWEGIAN SPELEOTHEM, Stein-Erik Lauritzen and Joyce Lundberg. - 15. ESTABLISHING A SPELEOTHEM CHRONOLOGY FOR SOUTHWESTERN OREGON - CLIMATIC CONTROLS AND GROWTH MODELLING, Steven C. Turgeon and Joyce Lundberg. - 16. SILICATES IN CARBONATE SPELEOTHEMS, GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO, U.S.A, Victor J. Polyak and Necip Güven. - 17. RELIQUIAE DILUVIANAE ALTER: LAST INTERGLACIAL FLOOD DEPOSITS IN THE CAVES OF THE WEST INDIES, Donald A. McFarlane and Joyce Lundberg.