Roaming the Rocky Mountains and Environs

Roaming the Rocky Mountains and Environs
Author: Robert G. H. Raynolds
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Total Pages: 318
Release: 2008-01-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0813700108

Prepared following the 2007 GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, these 15 guides illustrate the latest geological and archeological thinking on a variety of current research themes.

Terrestrial Depositional Systems

Terrestrial Depositional Systems
Author: Kate E. Zeigler
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2017-05-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0128032448

Terrestrial Depositional Systems: Deciphering Complexities through Multiple Stratigraphic Methods is the first collection of contributed articles that not only introduces young geoscientists to biostratigraphy, chemostratigraphy, magnetostratigraphy, and lithostratigraphy, but also provides seasoned practitioners with a standard reference that showcases the topic's most recent developments in research and application. When studying complex depositional systems, scientists often need to rely on more than one stratigraphic technique to truly understand the sequence of historical events. Through a blend of specific analytical techniques, experiments, sampling methods, and working examples, this book provides a practical reference for addressing a range of depositional system challenges. This multi-contributed reference combines reviews of stratigraphic methods with individual case studies, providing readers with a broad scope of techniques that will aid their work in the interpretation and understanding of complex depositional systems. - Offers multi-contributed expertise in biostratigraphy, chemostratigraphy, magnetostratigraphy, and lithostratigraphy, ensuring a thorough, yet topical coverage - Features case studies in each chapter that underscore the range of applications of individual stratigraphic methods - Provides detailed explanations of different analyses, data collection methods, and sampling techniques, making the content immediately implementable - Includes more than 100 illustrations, figures, and photographs that provide visual representations of core concepts

Through the Generations

Through the Generations
Author: Lisa A. Morgan
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2010-01-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0813700183

The tradition of Rocky Mountain geology remains strong at all scales, spatially and temporally. Spatially, this volume discusses theories of continental mountain building events in tandem with microscopic observations and parts per billion trace element concentrations. Temporally, the volume covers geologic history from the Precambrian to modern issues of climate change and energy, groundwater contamination, geologic hazards, and landscape evolution.

The Gulf of Mexico Sedimentary Basin

The Gulf of Mexico Sedimentary Basin
Author: John W. Snedden
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 343
Release: 2019-11-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 110841902X

A comprehensive and richly illustrated overview of the Gulf of Mexico Basin, including its reservoirs, source rocks, tectonics and evolution.

Landscape Evolution of Continental-Scale River Systems

Landscape Evolution of Continental-Scale River Systems
Author: James W. Sears
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2024-03-14
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0443133050

Landscape Evolution of Continental-Scale River Systems: A Case Study of North America's Pre-Pleistocene Bell River Basin provides a detailed case study and complete analysis of this continental-scale North American paleo-river system. The book uses detrital zircon provenance data to link incision of the Grand Canyon to deposition of its erosional products in a giant drowned delta in the Labrador Sea, in the context of sedimentary source-to-sink processes and Plio-Pleistocene continental drainage changes. The case study describes the tectonic changes in this continental-scale paleo-river system, with global implications, and contrasts this system to other continental-scale river systems around the world. This book is a valuable reference for postgraduate students, academics and researchers in the fields of geology, fluvial geomorphology and other geosciences. Readers will be able to use this detailed case study to better understand the implications for how active tectonics of headwaters regions influence delta deposition in continental-scale river systems around the world. - Details the landscape evolution of a continental-scale paleo-river system using detrital zircon geochronology with fluvial processes - Provides a multidisciplinary case study with applications to other continental-scale river systems around the world - Compares and contrasts the Bell river to the Amazon and uses these examples as analogs to discuss other systems

Neogene Mammals

Neogene Mammals
Author: Spencer G. Lucas
Publisher: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
Total Pages: 450
Release: 2008
Genre: Science
ISBN:

Neogene Mammals: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 44