Structure and Development of the Greenland-Scotland Ridge
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4613-3487-3 (ISBN)
1: Review of Geophysical Knowledge.- Deep Structure and Geodynamics of the Greenland-Scotland Ridge: An Introductory Review.- Plate Tectonic Evolution of the Greenland-Scotland Ridge and Surrounding Regions.- Crust and Upper Mantle Beneath Iceland.- The Crust Beneath the Iceland-Faeroe Ridge.- Geology and Crustal Structure of the Faeroe Islands-A Review.- Aspects of the Tertiary Geology of the Faeroe-Shetland Channel.- Faeroe-Shetland Escarpment and Continental Margin North of the Faeroes.- Ocean Continent Boundary under the Norwegian Continental Margin.- Structure and Origin of the Wyville-Thomson Ridge.- Davis Strait: Structures, Origin and Evolution.- The Iceland Mantle Plume: Status of the Hypothesis after a Decade of New Work.- 2: Review of Techniques.- New Methods in Marine Geology and Geophysics that have Application to the Study of Greenland-Scotland Ridge.- The Seismic Reflection/Refraction Method: Wide Aperture Data Obtained in Multiship Experiments.- Ocean-Bottom Seismographs.- Aspects of Bottom Boundary Layers in the Ocean.- 3: Review of Geological Knowledge.- Outstanding Geological Problems of the Greenland-Scotland Ridge: An Introduction.- Rare Earth Geochemistry of Iceland Basalts: Spatial and Temporal Variations.- Silicic Basalts from the Faeroe Islands: Evidence of Crustal Contamination.- Cenozoic Paleogeography of North Atlantic Land Bridges.- Fossil Evidence of Early Tertiary North Atlantic Events Viewed in European Context.- Biostratigraphy of Interbasaltic Coals from the Faeroe Islands.- Geology of the Greenland-Iceland Ridge in the Denmark Strait.- Speculations about the Paleodepth of the Greenland-Scotland Ridge during Late Mesozoic and Cenozoic Times.- Influence of the Greenland-Scotland Ridge on the Geological History of the North Atlantic and Norwegian-Greenland Sea Areas.- Sediment Transport Mechanisms at NE Atlantic Margins: Evidence from the Magnetic Anisotropy of IPOD Cores.- Cenozoic Marine Environments in the North Atlantic and Norwegian-Greenland Sea.- Development of Cenozoic Abyssal Circulation South of the Greenland-Scotland Ridge.- On the Late Pleistocene Exchange of Water Across the Icelandic Transverse Ridge.- Geological History of the Iceland-Faeroe Ridge and its Influence on Pleistocene Glaciations.- Terrigenous Late Quaternary Sediment Components North and South of the Scotland-Greenland Ridge and in the Norwegian Sea.- The Modern Current Regime Across the Greenland-Scotland Ridge.- 4: Conclusions.- Discussion, Conclusions and Recommendations.- Magnetic Anomalies over Iceland and Surrounding Seas (Text to Accompanying Map).
Reihe/Serie | IV Marine Sciences | Nato Conference Series ; 8 |
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Zusatzinfo | X, 685 p. |
Verlagsort | New York, NY |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 170 x 244 mm |
Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Mechanik |
ISBN-10 | 1-4613-3487-X / 146133487X |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4613-3487-3 / 9781461334873 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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