British Research in the Antarctic

British Research in the Antarctic
Author: Natural Environment Research Council (Great Britain)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 50
Release: 1971
Genre: History
ISBN:

Summary of the value of Antarctic research, historical background of British activity, Antarctic research policy and British Antarctic Survey (BAS).

Volcanism in Antarctica: 200 Million Years of Subduction, Rifting and Continental Break-up

Volcanism in Antarctica: 200 Million Years of Subduction, Rifting and Continental Break-up
Author: J.L. Smellie
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Total Pages: 802
Release: 2021-06-09
Genre: Science
ISBN: 178620536X

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).

Annotated Zoogeography of Non-marine Tardigrada

Annotated Zoogeography of Non-marine Tardigrada
Author: Łukasz Michalczyk
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022
Genre:
ISBN: 9781776884728

"Abstract: This paper is the fifth monograph of the series that describes the global records of limno-terrestrial water bears (Tardigrada). Here, we provide a comprehensive list of non-marine tardigrades recorded from Australasia, providing an updated and revised taxonomy accompanied by geographic co-ordinates, habitat, and biogeographic comments. It is hoped this work will serve as a reference point and background for further zoogeographical and taxonomical studies. Keywords: Australia, biogeography, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, species list, tardigrades, water bears"--Page 4.