Terra Antartica

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Antarctica
ISBN : UCSD:31822009720731

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Terra Antartica by Anonim Pdf

Author : William L. Fox
Publisher : Trinity University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011-04-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781595341006

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Terra Antarctica by William L. Fox Pdf

How does the human mind transform space into place, or land into landscape? For more than three decades, William L. Fox has looked at empty landscapes and the role of the arts to investigate the way humans make sense of space. In Terra Antarctica, Fox continues this line of inquiry as he travels to the Antarctic, the “largest and most extreme desert on earth.” This contemporary travel narrative interweaves artistic, cartographic, and scientific images with anecdotes from the author's three-month journey in the Antarctic to create an absorbing and readable narrative of the remote continent. Through its images, history, and firsthand experiences—snowmobile trips through whiteouts and his icy solo hikes past the edge of the mapped world—Fox brings to life a place that few have seen and offers us a look into both the nature of landscape and ourselves.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Antarctica
ISBN : UCSD:31822009720764

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Terra Antartica Reports by Anonim Pdf

Author : Beau Riffenburgh
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 1274 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9780415970242

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Encyclopedia of the Antarctic by Beau Riffenburgh Pdf

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Author : Dieter K. Fütterer,Detlef Damaske,Georg Kleinschmidt,Hubert Miller,Franz Tessensohn
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2006-05-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540329343

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Antarctica by Dieter K. Fütterer,Detlef Damaske,Georg Kleinschmidt,Hubert Miller,Franz Tessensohn Pdf

Sixty articles arranged in eight thematic sections refer to most recent geological and geophysical results of Antarctic research. The Precambrian of the East Antarctic shield and its geological history is considered as well as sub-ice topography, geophysics and stratigraphy, sedimentology and geophysics of the surrounding Southern Ocean. Particular emphasis is given to the connection of the Antarctic and the surrounding continents when forming part of Gondwana.

Author : Sara Wheeler
Publisher : Modern Library
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780804152426

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Terra Incognita by Sara Wheeler Pdf

It is the coldest, windiest, driest place on earth, an icy desert of unearthly beauty and stubborn impenetrability. For centuries, Antarctica has captured the imagination of our greatest scientists and explorers, lingering in the spirit long after their return. Shackleton called it "the last great journey"; for Apsley Cherry-Garrard it was the worst journey in the world. This is a book about the call of the wild and the response of the spirit to a country that exists perhaps most vividly in the mind. Sara Wheeler spent seven months in Antarctica, living with its scientists and dreamers. No book is more true to the spirit of that continent--beguiling, enchanted and vast beyond the furthest reaches of our imagination. Chosen by Beryl Bainbridge and John Major as one of the best books of the year, recommended by the editors of Entertainment Weekly and the Chicago Tribune, one of the Seattle Times's top ten travel books of the year, Terra Incognita is a classic of polar literature.

Author : Michael J. Hambrey,Poul Christoffersen,Neil F. Glasser,Bryn Hubbard
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2009-03-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781444304442

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Glacial Sedimentary Processes and Products by Michael J. Hambrey,Poul Christoffersen,Neil F. Glasser,Bryn Hubbard Pdf

Associating ice masses with the transport and deposition ofsediments has long formed a central theme in glaciology and glacialgeomorphology. The reason for this focus is clear, in that icemasses are responsible for much of the physical landscape whichcharacterizes the Earth's glaciated regions. This association alsoholds at a variety of scales, for example, from the grain-sizecharacteristics of small-scale moraines to the structuralarchitecture of large-scale, glacigenic sedimentary sequences inboth surface and subaqueous environments. This volume brings numerous state-of-the-art research contributionstogether, each relating to a different physical setting, spatialscale, process or investigative technique. The result is a diverseand interesting collection of papers by glaciologists, numericalmodellers and glacial geologists, which are all linked by the themeof investigating the relationships between the behaviour of icemasses and their resulting sedimentary sequences.

Author : Alan Vaughan,Alan P. M. Vaughan,Philip T. Leat,Robert J. Pankhurst
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Science
ISBN : 1862391793

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Terrane Processes at the Margins of Gondwana by Alan Vaughan,Alan P. M. Vaughan,Philip T. Leat,Robert J. Pankhurst Pdf

The Australide orogen, the southern hemisphere Neoproterozoic to Mesozoic terrane accretionary orogen that forms the palaeo-Pacific margin of Gondwana, is one of the largest and longest-lived orogens on Earth. This book brings together a series of reviews and multidisciplinary research papers that comprehensively cover the Australides from the Tasman orogen of eastern Australia to the Neoproterozoic and Palaeozoic orogens of South America, taking in New Zealand and Antarctica along the way. It deals with the evolution of the southern Gondwana margin, as it grew during a series of terrane accretion episodes from the late Proterozoic through to final fragmentation in mid-Cretaceous times. Global perspectives are given by comparison with the Palaeozoic northern Gondwana margin and documentation of world-wide terrane accretion episodes in the Late Triassic-Early Jurassic and mid-Cretaceous. The Tasmanides of eastern Australia, and the terrane histories of New Zealand and southern South America are given comprehensive up-to-date reviews.

Author : M.J. Hambrey,P.F. Barker,P.J. Barrett,V. Bowman,B. Davies,J.L. Smellie,M. Tranter
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781862393639

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Antarctic Palaeoenvironments and Earth-Surface Processes by M.J. Hambrey,P.F. Barker,P.J. Barrett,V. Bowman,B. Davies,J.L. Smellie,M. Tranter Pdf

The volume highlights developments in our understanding of the palaeogeographical, palaeobiological, palaeoclimatic and cryospheric evolution of Antarctica. It focuses on the sedimentary record from the Devonian to the Quaternary Period. It features tectonic evolution and stratigraphy, as well as processes taking place adjacent to, beneath and beyond the ice-sheet margin, including the continental shelf. The contributions in this volume include several invited review papers, as well as original research papers arising from the International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences in Edinburgh, in July 2011. These papers demonstrate a remarkable diversity of Earth science interests in the Antarctic. Following international trends, there is particular emphasis on the Cenozoic Era, reflecting the increasing emphasis on the documentation and understanding of the past record of ice-sheet fluctuations. Furthermore, Antarctic Earth history is providing us with important information about potential future trends, as the impact of global warming is increasingly felt on the continent and its ocean.

Author : Fabrizio Storti,Robert E. Holdsworth,Francesco Salvini
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Science
ISBN : 1862391327

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Intraplate Strike-slip Deformation Belts by Fabrizio Storti,Robert E. Holdsworth,Francesco Salvini Pdf

Author : Fabio Florindo,Martin Siegert
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2008-10-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 0080931618

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Antarctic Climate Evolution by Fabio Florindo,Martin Siegert Pdf

Antarctic Climate Evolution is the first book dedicated to furthering knowledge on the evolution of the world’s largest ice sheet over its ~34 million year history. This volume provides the latest information on subjects ranging from terrestrial and marine geology to sedimentology and glacier geophysics. An overview of Antarctic climate change, analyzing historical, present-day and future developments Contributions from leading experts and scholars from around the world Informs and updates climate change scientists and experts in related areas of study

Author : S.L. Harley,I.C.W. Fitzsimons,Y. Zhao
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781862393677

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Antarctica and Supercontinent Evolution by S.L. Harley,I.C.W. Fitzsimons,Y. Zhao Pdf

Antarctica preserves a rock record that spans three and a half billion years of history and has a remarkable story to tell about the evolution of our Earth, from the hottest crustal rocks yet found in an orogenic system, to the assembly and breakup of Gondwana in the Phanerozoic. This volume highlights our improved understanding of the tectonic events that have shaped Antarctica and how these potentially relate to supercontinent assembly and fragmentation. The internal constitution of the East Antarctic Shield is assessed using information available from the basement geology and from detritus preserved as Mesozoic sediments in the Trans Antarctic Mountains. Accretionary orogenesis along the proto-Pacific margin of Antarctica is examined and the volumes of intracrustal melting compared with juvenile magma additions in these complex orogenic systems assessed. This special volume demonstrates the diversity of approaches required to elucidate and understand crustal evolution and evaluate the supercontinent concept.

Author : Gunter Faure,Teresa M. Mensing
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 812 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789048193905

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The Transantarctic Mountains by Gunter Faure,Teresa M. Mensing Pdf

This book presents a summary of the geology of the Transantarctic Mountains for Earth scientists who may want to work there or who need an overview of the geologic history of this region. In addition, the properties of the East Antarctic ice sheet and of the meteorites that accumulate on its surface are treated in separate chapters. The presentation ends with the Cenozoic glaciation of the Transantarctic Mountains including the limnology and geochemical evolution of the saline lakes in the ice-free valleys. • The subject matter in this book is presented in chronological order starting about 750 million years ago and continuing to the present time. • The chapters can be read selectively because the introduction to each chapter identifies the context that gives relevance to the subject matter to be discussed. • The text is richly illustrated with 330 original line drawings as well as with 182 color maps and photographs. • The book contains indexes of both subject matter and of authors’ names that allow it to be used as an encyclopedia of the Transantarctic Mountains and of the East Antarctic ice sheet. • Most of the chapters are supplemented by Appendices containing data tables, additional explanations of certain phenomena (e.g., the formation and seasonal destruction of stratospheric ozone), and illustrative calculations (e.g., 38Cl dates of meteorites). • The authors have spent a combined total of fourteen field seasons between 1964 and 1995 doing geological research in the Transantarctic Mountains with logistical support by the US Antarctic Program. • Although Antarctica is remote and inaccessible, tens of thousands of scientists of many nationalities and their assistants have worked there and even larger numbers of investigators will work there in the future.

Author : Benedetto De Vivo,Bernhard Grasemann,Kurt Stüwe
Publisher : EOLSS Publications
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2009-12-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781848260078

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GEOLOGY- Volume IV by Benedetto De Vivo,Bernhard Grasemann,Kurt Stüwe Pdf

Geology is the Component of Encyclopedia of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, in the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS)), which is an integrated compendium of twenty Encyclopedias. The theme on geology in the Encyclopedia of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, presents many aspects of geology under the following nine different topics: The Organized Earth.; Tectonics and Geodynamics; Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology; Sedimentary Geology and Paleontology; Overview of the Mineralogical Sciences; Geology of Metallic and Non-Metallic Mineral Resources; Regional Geology; Geology of Petroleum, Gas, and Coal; Environmental and Engineering Geology.

Author : J.L. Smellie,K.S. Panter,A. Geyer
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 802 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781786205360

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Volcanism in Antarctica: 200 Million Years of Subduction, Rifting and Continental Break-up by J.L. Smellie,K.S. Panter,A. Geyer Pdf

This memoir is the first to review all of Antarctica’s volcanism between 200 million years ago and the Present. The region is still volcanically active. The volume is an amalgamation of in-depth syntheses, which are presented within distinctly different tectonic settings. Each is described in terms of (1) the volcanology and eruptive palaeoenvironments; (2) petrology and origin of magma; and (3) active volcanism, including tephrochronology. Important volcanic episodes include: astonishingly voluminous mafic and felsic volcanic deposits associated with the Jurassic break-up of Gondwana; the construction and progressive demise of a major Jurassic to Present continental arc, including back-arc alkaline basalts and volcanism in a young ensialic marginal basin; Miocene to Pleistocene mafic volcanism associated with post-subduction slab-window formation; numerous Neogene alkaline volcanoes, including the massive Erebus volcano and its persistent phonolitic lava lake, that are widely distributed within and adjacent to one of the world’s major zones of lithospheric extension (the West Antarctic Rift System); and very young ultrapotassic volcanism erupted subglacially and forming a world-wide type example (Gaussberg).