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Speleothem science [[electronic resource] ] : from process to past environments / / Ian J. Fairchild and Andy Baker
| Speleothem science [[electronic resource] ] : from process to past environments / / Ian J. Fairchild and Andy Baker |
| Autore | Fairchild Ian J (Ian John) |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (464 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.44/7 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | BakerAndy <1968-> |
| Collana | Blackwell Quaternary Geoscience Series |
| Soggetto topico |
Speleothems
Paleoclimatology |
| ISBN |
1-280-58745-8
9786613617286 1-4443-6109-0 1-4443-6106-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Speleothem Science; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; I: Scientific and geologica lcontext; CHAPTER 1: Introduction to speleothems and systems; 1.1 What is all the fuss about?; 1.1.1 What types of speleothem areuseful for generating climate archives?; 1.1.2 Where do speleothems occur?; 1.1.3 How do they form?; 1.1.4 How do we date them?; 1.1.5 What are the proxies for past environments and climates?; 1.1.6 How do speleothems compare with other archives?; 1.1.7 What next for speleothem science?; 1.2 How is this book organized?; 1.3 Concepts and approaches of system science
Box 1.1 Box models and feedback1.4 The speleothem factory within the karst system; 1.4.1 Long-term change; 1.4.2 Annual-scale behaviour; 1.4.3 Decadal- to multi-millennial-scale changes; CHAPTER 2: Carbonate and karst cave geology; 2.1 Carbonates in the Earth system over geological time; Heat transferred from the rock; 2.2 Lithologies of carbonate hostrocks; 2.2.1 Carbonate facies; 2.2.2 The architecture of carbonate host rocks: sequence stratigraphy; 2.2.3 Impure and geologically complex host rocks; 2.2.4 Carbonate porosity; 2.3 Carbonate diagenesis and eogenetic karst 2.3.1 Early diagenesis in marine waters and brines2.3.2 Vadose diagenetic processes; 2.3.3 Meteoric phreatic diagenesis; 2.3.4 Eogenetic karst development; 2.3.5 Burial diagenesis; 2.4 Speleogenesis in mesogenetic and telogenetic karst (with contributions from John Gunn and David J Lowe); 2.4.1 Chronologies of cavedevelopment; 2.4.2 Geometry of cave passages and systems; 2.4.3 Localization of caves: the inception horizon hypothesis; 2.4.4 Mesogenetic caves; 2.4.5 Modelling the development of conduits and networks; 2.5 Cave infilling; 2.5.1 Mechanisms of cave infill and their relative power 2.5.2 Dating the infills2.5.3 Physical sedimentology; 2.5.4 Archaeological issues; 2.5.5 The long-term prognosis; 2.6 Conclusion; CHAPTER 3: Surface environments: climate, soil and vegetation; 3.1 The modern climate system; 3.1.1 The global energy budget; 3.1.2 Global patterns of temperature, rainfall and evapotranspiration; 3.1.3 The general circulation of the atmosphere; 3.1.4 Ocean circulation and land-ocean interactions; Box 3.1 Climate indices; Box 3.2 Back trajectory analysis; 3.2 Water isotopes in the atmosphere 3.2.1 Variation in stable isotopes owing to evaporation and Rayleigh condensation3.2.2 Other factors responsible for variations in isotopic composition; 3.2.3 Isotopic variations in space within the annual cycle; 3.2.4 Inter-annual isotopic variations; 3.3 Soils of karst regions; 3.3.1 Processes of soil formation; 3.3.2 Soil development through time; 3.3.3 Concluding views on karst soils; 3.4 Vegetation of karst regions; 3.5 Synthesis: inputsto the incubator; II: Transfer processes in karst; CHAPTER 4: The speleothem incubator; 4.1 Introduction to speleophysiology |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910141314303321 |
Fairchild Ian J (Ian John)
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| Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Speleothem science : from process to past environments / / Ian J. Fairchild and Andy Baker
| Speleothem science : from process to past environments / / Ian J. Fairchild and Andy Baker |
| Autore | Fairchild Ian J (Ian John) |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (464 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.44/7 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | BakerAndy <1968-> |
| Collana | Blackwell Quaternary Geoscience Series |
| Soggetto topico |
Speleothems
Paleoclimatology |
| ISBN |
1-280-58745-8
9786613617286 1-4443-6109-0 1-4443-6106-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Speleothem Science; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; I: Scientific and geologica lcontext; CHAPTER 1: Introduction to speleothems and systems; 1.1 What is all the fuss about?; 1.1.1 What types of speleothem areuseful for generating climate archives?; 1.1.2 Where do speleothems occur?; 1.1.3 How do they form?; 1.1.4 How do we date them?; 1.1.5 What are the proxies for past environments and climates?; 1.1.6 How do speleothems compare with other archives?; 1.1.7 What next for speleothem science?; 1.2 How is this book organized?; 1.3 Concepts and approaches of system science
Box 1.1 Box models and feedback1.4 The speleothem factory within the karst system; 1.4.1 Long-term change; 1.4.2 Annual-scale behaviour; 1.4.3 Decadal- to multi-millennial-scale changes; CHAPTER 2: Carbonate and karst cave geology; 2.1 Carbonates in the Earth system over geological time; Heat transferred from the rock; 2.2 Lithologies of carbonate hostrocks; 2.2.1 Carbonate facies; 2.2.2 The architecture of carbonate host rocks: sequence stratigraphy; 2.2.3 Impure and geologically complex host rocks; 2.2.4 Carbonate porosity; 2.3 Carbonate diagenesis and eogenetic karst 2.3.1 Early diagenesis in marine waters and brines2.3.2 Vadose diagenetic processes; 2.3.3 Meteoric phreatic diagenesis; 2.3.4 Eogenetic karst development; 2.3.5 Burial diagenesis; 2.4 Speleogenesis in mesogenetic and telogenetic karst (with contributions from John Gunn and David J Lowe); 2.4.1 Chronologies of cavedevelopment; 2.4.2 Geometry of cave passages and systems; 2.4.3 Localization of caves: the inception horizon hypothesis; 2.4.4 Mesogenetic caves; 2.4.5 Modelling the development of conduits and networks; 2.5 Cave infilling; 2.5.1 Mechanisms of cave infill and their relative power 2.5.2 Dating the infills2.5.3 Physical sedimentology; 2.5.4 Archaeological issues; 2.5.5 The long-term prognosis; 2.6 Conclusion; CHAPTER 3: Surface environments: climate, soil and vegetation; 3.1 The modern climate system; 3.1.1 The global energy budget; 3.1.2 Global patterns of temperature, rainfall and evapotranspiration; 3.1.3 The general circulation of the atmosphere; 3.1.4 Ocean circulation and land-ocean interactions; Box 3.1 Climate indices; Box 3.2 Back trajectory analysis; 3.2 Water isotopes in the atmosphere 3.2.1 Variation in stable isotopes owing to evaporation and Rayleigh condensation3.2.2 Other factors responsible for variations in isotopic composition; 3.2.3 Isotopic variations in space within the annual cycle; 3.2.4 Inter-annual isotopic variations; 3.3 Soils of karst regions; 3.3.1 Processes of soil formation; 3.3.2 Soil development through time; 3.3.3 Concluding views on karst soils; 3.4 Vegetation of karst regions; 3.5 Synthesis: inputsto the incubator; II: Transfer processes in karst; CHAPTER 4: The speleothem incubator; 4.1 Introduction to speleophysiology |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816117903321 |
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Fairchild Ian J (Ian John)
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| Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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