The Monterey Formation

The Monterey Formation
Author: Caroline M. Isaacs
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 592
Release: 2001
Genre: Geology
ISBN: 9780231105859

Provides an extraordinary case study of a classic marine petroleum system in the prolific oil basins of California. Based on results from the Cooperative Monterey Organic Chemistry Study, the volume examines paleoenvironmental conditions, organic-matter deposition, source-rock characteristics, thermal maturation, and oil generation in the Monterey Formation.

Interpreting Pre-Quaternary Climate from the Geologic Record

Interpreting Pre-Quaternary Climate from the Geologic Record
Author: Judith Totman Parrish
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 372
Release: 1998
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780231102063

The earth's pre-Quaternary period--more than two million years ago--has been studied systematically only since the 1960's, when geologists started to take seriously the concept that the continents have changed position on the earth's surface. While previous books have dealt with climate models and paleoclimate, this is the first to offer a sustained exploration of the methods that are the foundation of any interpretation of earth processes.