The Transantarctic Mountains Rocks, Ice, Meteorites and Water /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Faure, Gunter (Συγγραφέας), Mensing, Teresa M. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Θέματα: Earth sciences.; Geochemistry.; Geology.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Earth Sciences.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Prolog
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Part I: EXPLORATION AND CHARACTERIZATION
• 1. The Exploration of Antarctica
• 2. Antarctica: The Continent
• Part II: THE BASEMENT ROCKS. - 3. Southern Victoria Land; Basement Rocks
• 4. Northern Victoria Land
• 5. Central Transantarctic Mountains
• 6. The Queen Maud Mountains
• 7. Horlick Mountains
• 8. The Far-Eastern Mountains
• 9. From Rodinia to Gondwana
• Part III: GONDWANA: GROWTH AND DISINTEGRATION
• 10. The Beacon Supergroup
• 11. Beacon Supergroup; Special topics
• 12. The Ferrar Group: Kirkpatrick Basalt
• 13. Ferrar Group: Dolerite sills and the Dufek intrusion
• 14. Kirwan Volcanics, Queen Maud Land
• 15. Break-up of Gondwana and Assembly of Antarctica
• Part IV: FIRE AND ICE
• 16. Cenozoic volcanoes
• 17. East Antarctic Ice Sheet.-18. Meteorites on Ice
• 19. Glaciation of Southern Victoria Land
• 20. Antarctica in Retrospect
• Author Index
• Subject Index
• Geologic Time Scale.