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Geologic Evolution of Atlantic Continental Rises (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992)
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Geologic Evolution of Atlantic Continental Rises (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992)
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Continental rises comprise approximately 10% of sedimentary
processes by which modern and sub- the earth's surface and contain
20% of its total sedi- modern submarine fans and related features
are ment volume ( ~ 100 million cubic kilometers). How-
constructed. To provide a broader perspective of conti- ever, their
great depth (2,000-6,000 m) below the sea nental-rise evolution, we
have organized this volume surface and distance from shore-based
population cen- into four parts: ters, have kept them relatively
insulated from man's geological explorations. During the last 10-15
years, 1. Part I addresses prerift and synrift tectonic and
however, driven by an ever-increasing thirst for knowl-
depositional aspects that account for the location, edge of our
planet's nature and origin, by a rising geometry, and thickness of
subsequent continental imperative to find new reserves of fossil
fuels, and by a rises. demand to find safe haven for hazardous
wastes, ma- 2. Part II embraces early postrift aspects, such as
rine scientists have intensified their surveys of this vast
subsurface structure, stratigraphy, and accumula- province. tion
rates; relationships to continental slope and Voluminous geological
and geophysical data from shelf deposition and to continental
source terrains; multichannel and single-channel seismic-reflection
and the relative effects of local and global reg- profiles,
high-resolution seafloor images (SEABEAM, ulating agents, such as
tectonism, eustacy, and pa- Sea MARC, GLORIA), and various gravity,
piston, leoclimate. This accounts for most of the ~ 187 and rotary
cores (Deep Sea Drilling Project, Ocean million-year evolution of
Atlantic continental rises.
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