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Geological History of the Polar Oceans: Arctic versus Antarctic

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Editors:
  1. Ulrich Bleil

    1. Fachbereich Geowissenschaften, Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany

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  2. Jörn Thiede

    1. GEOMAR, Forschungszentrum für Marine Geowissenschaften, Universität Kiel, Kiel, Germany

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Part of the book series: Nato Science Series C: (ASIC, volume 308)

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Table of contents (38 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. The Geological History of Cenozoic Polar Oceans: Arctic Versus Antarctic — An Introduction

    1. The Geological History of Cenozoic Polar Oceans: Arctic Versus Antarctic — an Introduction

      • U. Bleil, J. Thiede
      Pages 1-8

  3. Physiography and Plate Tectonics of the Polar Deep — Sea Basins and Their Continental Margins

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Morphology and Plate Tectonics: The Modern Polar Oceans

      • G. L. Johnson
      Pages 11-28

    3. The Opening of the Arctic Ocean

      • L. A. Lawver, R. D. Müller, S. P. Srivastava, W. Roest
      Pages 29-62

    4. On the Tectonic Evolution and Paleoceanographic Significance of the Fram Strait Gateway

      • Y. Kristoffersen
      Pages 63-76

    5. The Evolution of the Svalbard Margins: Synthesis and New Results

      • E. Sundvor, A. Austegard
      Pages 77-94

    6. The Western Barents Sea during the Cenozoic

      • T. O. Vorren, G. Richardsen, S.-M. Knutsen, E. Henriksen
      Pages 95-118

    7. Structures in Rift — Basin Sediments on the Conjugate Margins of Western Tasmania, South Tasman Rise, and Ross Sea, Antarctica

      • K. Hinz, M. Hemmerich, U. Salge, O. Eiken
      Pages 119-130

    8. A Fine-Scale Seismic Stratigraphy of the Eastern Margin of the Weddell Sea

      • H. Miller, J. P. Henriet, N. Kaul, A. Moons
      Pages 131-161

    9. Some Speculations Regarding the Nature of the Explora-Andenes Escarpment, Weddell Sea

      • J. P. Henriet, H. Miller
      Pages 163-169

  4. Polar Ice — Covers as Geological Agents

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-171
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    2. A Comparison of Arctic and Antarctic Sea Ice and the Effects of Different Properties on Sea Ice Biota

      • M. Spindler
      Pages 173-186

    3. Sea Ice Characteristics and the Role of Sediment Inclusions in Deep-Sea Deposition: Arctic — Antarctic Comparisons

      • S. Pfirman, M. A. Lange, I. Wollenburg, P. Schlosser
      Pages 187-211

    4. Cycles, Rhythms, and Events in Quaternary Arctic and Antarctic Glaciomarine Deposits

      • R. Henrich
      Pages 213-244

    5. Cenozoic Glacier Fluctuations in Polar Regions — Terrestrial Records from Antarctica and the North Atlantic Sector of the Arctic

      • B. G. Andersen
      Pages 245-254

    6. Past Changes in Precipitation Rate and Ice Thickness as Derived from Age — Depth Profiles in Ice-Sheets; Application to Greenland and Canadian Arctic Ice Core Records

      • N. Reeh
      Pages 255-271

    7. Stability of the Arctic Ocean Ice-Cover and Pleistocene Warming Events: Outlining the Problem

      • D. L. Clark
      Pages 273-287

    8. Late Weichselian Ice Recession in the Central Barents Sea

      • A. Elverhøi, M. Nyland-Berg, L. Russwurm, A. Solheim
      Pages 289-307

  5. Modern Depositional Environments of Polar Oceans

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 309-309
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Fachbereich Geowissenschaften, Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany

    Ulrich Bleil

  • GEOMAR, Forschungszentrum für Marine Geowissenschaften, Universität Kiel, Kiel, Germany

    Jörn Thiede

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Geological History of the Polar Oceans: Arctic versus Antarctic

  • Editors: Ulrich Bleil, Jörn Thiede

  • Series Title: Nato Science Series C:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2029-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1990

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-0739-6Published: 30 June 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-7410-0Published: 27 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-2029-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1389-2185

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 823

  • Topics: Geochemistry, Oceanography

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