Handbook of sea-level research / / edited by Professor Ian Shennan, Antony J. Long, Benjamin P. Horton

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910808308403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2015
• ISBN: 1-118-45254-2; 1-118-45256-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (634 p.)
• Collana: Wiley Works
• Classificazione: SCI052000
• Disciplina: 551.45/8072
• Soggetti: Sea level - Research; Climatic changes
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; About the companion website; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 AIMS OF THE HANDBOOK; 1.2 SEA-LEVEL RESEARCHERS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2 Handbook of sea-level research: framing research questions; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 SOME NECESSARY METHODOLOGY: IDEAS AND TESTABLE HYPOTHESES; 2.3 OPERATIONAL DEFINITIONS; 2.4 FRAMING A RESEARCH QUESTION; 2.5 CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Part 1 Field techniques for sea-level reconstruction; Chapter 3 Pre-fieldwork surveys; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 DATA COMPILATION; 3.3 ASSESSING GEOMORPHOLOGY3.4 EXAMPLES OF APPLYING HISTORICAL DATA TO ENHANCE SEA-LEVEL RESEARCH; REFERENCES; Chapter 4 Coastal sediments; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 EXPOSING COASTAL SEDIMENT; 4.3 DESCRIBING COASTAL SEDIMENT; 4.4 CORRELATING AND SYNTHESIZING SEDIMENT SEQUENCES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 5 Geomorphological indicators of past sea levels; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 MODEL FOR FORMATION OF LATE PLEISTOCENE EMERGENT SHORE PLATFORMS; 5.3 GEOMORPHIC INDICATORS OF PAST SEA LEVEL AND GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENT IN THE NEAR AND FAR FIELD; 5.4 GEOMORPHIC INDICATORS OF PAST SEA LEVEL AND THE ISSUE OF INHERITANCE AND REOCCUPATION5.5 CORAL AS A GEOMORPHIC ; INDICATOR OF PAST SEA LEVEL; 5.6 EROSIONAL LANDFORMS THAT INDICATE FORMER SEA LEVELS; 5.7 EMERGENT HOLOCENE SHORELINE DEPOSITS: BEACH RIDGES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 6 Coastal caves and sinkholes; 6.1 INTRODUCTION; 6.2 COASTAL KARST BASINS: ENVIRONMENTS AND SUCCESSION; 6.3 FLANK MARGIN CAVES AS SEA-LEVEL INDICATORS; 6.4 SPELEOTHEMS AS SEA-LEVEL INDICATORS; 6.5 CAVE SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITS AS SEA-LEVEL INDICATORS; 6.6 SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 7 Coral reefs7.1 INTRODUCTION; 7.2 NATURE OF CORAL REEF SYSTEMS; 7.3 DATING; 7.4 OPEN-SYSTEM PROBLEM; 7.5 234U/238U IN OCEANS; 7.6 SEA LEVELS RECONSTRUCTED FROM UPLIFTED REEFS; 7.7 SEA LEVELS RECONSTRUCTIONED FROM SUBMERGED REEFS; 7.8 CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 8 Coral microatolls; 8.1 INTRODUCTION; 8.2 RELATIVE SEA LEVEL: UNDERSTANDING WHAT MICROATOLLS DO AND DO NOT RECORD; 8.3 SELECTING A SITE: WHAT MAKES A GOOD SITE?; 8.4 SURVEYING AND DOCUMENTATION STRATEGIES; 8.5 SAMPLING STRATEGIES: METHODS AND SELECTION OF MICROATOLLS TO SAMPLE; 8.6 SLABBING TECHNIQUES AND SUBSEQUENT SLAB PROCESSING8.7 DATING STRATEGIES; 8.8 VERTICAL ACCURACY AND SOURCES OF ERROR; 8.9 INDICATIVE MEANING; 8.10 RECONSTRUCTING RELATIVE SEA-LEVEL TIME SERIES; 8.11 DIFFERENTIATING TECTONIC FROM NON-TECTONIC DIEDOWNS; 8.12 ENVIRONMENTAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 9 Archeological and biological relative sea-level indicators; 9.1 INTRODUCTION; 9.2 HISTORICAL RESEARCH CONTEXT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN; 9.3 ARCHEOLOGICAL ZONATION AND FUNCTIONAL HEIGHTS; 9.4 METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS; 9.5 PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGICAL ZONATION OF BENTHOS ON ARCHEOLOGICAL REMAINS
• Sommario/riassunto: "This book will cover all aspects of modern sea-level studies, with a focus on the most robust scientific approaches and techniques"--