: Noel P. James, Yvonne Bone
: Neritic Carbonate Sediments in a Temperate Realm Southern Australia
: Springer-Verlag
: 9789048192892
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: CHF 85.90
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: Sonstiges
: English
: 254
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This book is the first comprehensive documentation and interpretation of modern neritic carbonate sediments on the southern Australian continental margin, the largest cool-water carbonate depositional system on the globe. The approach is classical but the information is new.  A brief chapter of introduction is followed by a section that describes the setting of the continental margin in terms of the regional geology, its evolution through time, the climate, and the complex oceanography. The setting is further explored in chapter 3 that outlines the Pleistocene history of sedimentation in this region. This is particularly important since many of the surficial sediments have a partial older history. The following section on the carbonate factory describes in detail the nature of the animals and plants that determine the nature of the sediments and the environmental conditions that control their distribution. The shelf itself cannot be discussed in isolation and thus a short chapter on the marginal marine environment is presented. The core of the book comprises two chapters that document the suite of depositional facies and their composition and then the suite of depositional environments where these sediments are found. The variety of deposits in this vast area is such that three chapters are devoted to the character of the materials on the southwestern shelf the south Australian sea and the southeastern shelf. The diagenesis that affects these sediments is tackled in a chapter after all the attributes are documented because they are intimately linked to different controls. The book finishes with a summary chapter that also addresses the various controls on sedimentation and models the effects to be expected when these are changed outside those present in the current realm. 

Audience  The book is an invaluable source of information about this vast region and will be a critical reference for researchers, graduate students, and professionals engaged in marine and environmental research. It will be of particular importance for geologists interpreting the ancient rock record.
Contents8
Introduction14
1.1 Scientific Approach14
1.2 Scope14
1.3 Data Base17
1.4 Data Acquisition and Methodology17
Setting20
2.1 Geology20
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2.1.1 Introduction20
2.1.2 Pre-Mesozoic Craton20
2.1.3 Australian Southern Rift System20
2.1.4 Cenozoic Continental Margin Wedge22
2.1.5 Tectonic Inversion23
2.2 Meteorology23
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2.2.1 Introduction24
2.2.2 Anticyclonic Highs26
2.2.3 Mid-Latitude Depressions27
2.2.4 Tropical Cyclones (Hurricanes)27
2.2.5 Temperature, Precipitation and Evapotranspiration27
2.3 Oceanography28
2.3.1 Introduction28
2.3.2 Sea State28
2.3.3 Oceanographic Zones29
2.3.3.1 Antarctic Region or Zone29
2.3.3.2 Subantarctic Region or Zone29
2.3.3.3 Subtropical Convergence Zone29
2.3.4 Water Masses31
2.3.4.1 Antarctic Bottom Water31
2.3.4.2 Circumpolar Deep Water32
2.3.4.3 Antarctic Intermediate Water32
2.3.4.4 Subantarctic Mode Water32
2.3.4.5 Surface Waters32
2.3.5 Current Systems33
2.3.5.1 General Aspects33
2.3.5.2 Open Ocean33
2.3.5.3 Continental Margin33
2.3.5.4 Flinders Current System33
2.3.5.5 Leeuwin Current System34
2.3.6 Tidal Currents and Internal Waves35
2.3.7 Seasonal Variability and Trophic Resources35
2.4 Synopsis36
The Pleistocene Record38
3.1 Introduction38
3.2 The Continental Slope Record39
3.2.1 Slope Sedimentation39
3.2.2 Biogenic Mounds41
3.3 The Highstand Aeolianite Record45
3.4 The Spencer Gulf and Gulf St. Vincent Record46
3.5 The Continental Shelf Record47
3.5.1 Overview47
3.5.2 Relict Particles50
3.5.3 Stranded Particles51
3.5.4 Late Pleistocene Shelf Paleoenvironments52
3.6 Synopsis54
The Neritic Carbonate Factory58
4.1 Introduction58
4.2 Biogenic Sediment Production58
4.2.1 Seagrass and Macroalgae59
4.2.1.1 Seagrasses60
4.2.1.2 Macroalgae61
4.2.2 Calcareous Algae64
4.2.2.1 Red Calcareous Algae64
4.2.2.2 Calcareous Green Algae67
4.2.2.3 Sedimentology67
4.2.3 Bryozoans67
4.2.3.1 Introduction67
4.2.3.2 Classification68
4.2.3.3 Encrusting Colonies69
4.2.3.4 Robust Rigid Colonies71
4.2.3.5 Delicate Rigid Colonies72
4.2.3.6 Delicate Flexible Colonies72
4.2.3.7 Disc—Shaped Colonies74
4.2.3.8 Importance of Substrate74
4.2.3.9 Depth Limits of Living Bryozoans75
4.2.3.10 Sedimentology75
4.2.3.11 Mineralogy75
4.2.4 Molluscs75
4.2.4.1 Gastropods75
4.2.4.2 Bivalves77
4.2.4.3 Contribution to Sediment77
4.2.5 Foraminifers79
4.2.5.1 Planktonic Foraminifers79
4.2.5.2 Benthic Foraminifers79
4.2.5.3 General Distribution79
4.2.6 Echinoderms81
4.2.7 Barnacles81
4.2.8 Calcareous Worms81
4.2.9 Ostracods81
4.2.10 Coccoliths81
4.2.11 Sponges81
4.2.12 Ascidians82
4.3 Other Components82
4.3.1 Corals82
4.3.2 Brachiopods83
4.4 Authigenic Mineral Particles83
4.4.1 Glauconite83
4.5 Detrital Grains83
4.5.1 Siliciclastic Particles83
4.5.2 Dolomite84
4.5.3 Older Cenozoic Carbonates84
4.6 Synopsis84
Marginal Marine Deposystems 86
5.1 Introduction86
5.2 Setting86
5.3 Rocky Peritidal86
5.4 Barrier Island—Aeolianite—Lagoon—Saline Lake Complexes88
5.4.1 Beaches88
5.4.2 Aeolianite Dunes91
5.4.3 Lagoons92
5.4.4 Lakes93
5.5 Muddy Tidal Flats94
5.6 Synopsis 96
Neritic Sedimentary Facies97
6.1 Introduction97
6.2 Megafacies C—Recent Carbonate97
6.2.1 Grainy Carbonate Facies97
6.2.1.1 Facies C1—Bryozoan Sand and Gravel97
6.2.1.2 Facies C2—Skeletal Sand and Gravel108<