Global Geological Record of Lake Basins: Volume 1

This is the first of a series of volumes that will assess key lacustrine sequences worldwide.

E. Gierlowski-Kordesch (Edited by), K. Kelts (Edited by)

9780521031684, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 23 November 2006

464 pages, 195 b/w illus. 5 tables
27.7 x 20.8 x 2.3 cm, 1.043 kg

'… the amount of information in the book and its great reference value as a source of syntheses and as a key to scattered literature make it good value for money.' Earth Science Reviews

The sequence of sediments deposited in lakes forms an archive of a high-resolution record of the changes and rates of changes in continental palaeoenvironments. Global Geological Record of Lake Basins is the first in a short series of books containing concise geological summaries of lake basin deposits. Geoscientists worldwide have co-operated to bring together the information available on a global spectrum of lacustrine deposits - looking in particular at palaeoenvironmental aspects. The compilation has resulted from IGCP 219 - Comparative Lacustrine Sedimentology in Space and Time - which has given impetus to the field of limnogeology. Lacustrine deposits are widespread throughout the geological record, and this series of books will assess, for every geological time window, key lacustrine sequences worldwide in the form of short summaries of specific deposits. A common language will be defined to describe these deposits.

List of contributors
Preface
Introduction
Part I. Selected Topics
Part II. Precambrian
Part III. Cambrian and Devonian
Part IV. Carboniferous to Permian
Part V. Permo-Triassic to Jurassic
Part VI. Early Cretaceous
Part VII. Late Cretaceous
Part VIII. Paleocene to Eocene
Part IX. Oligocene
Part X. Miocene to Pliocene
Part XI. Quaternary.

Subject Areas: Historical geology [RBGF]