The Transantarctic Mountains : Rocks, Ice, Meteorites and Water /

The Transantarctic Mountains : Rocks, Ice, Meteorites and Water /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Faure, Gunter. (Author), Mensing, Teresa M. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
Edition:1st ed. 2011.
Subjects:
Geology.
Geochemistry.
Observations, Astronomical.
Astronomy-Observations.
Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
Table of Contents:
  • Prolog
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Part I: EXPLORATION AND CHARACTERIZATION
  • 1. The Exploration of Antarctica
  • 2. Antarctica: The Continent
  • Part II: THE BASEMENT ROCKS. - 3. Southern Victoria Land; Basement Rocks
  • 4. Northern Victoria Land
  • 5. Central Transantarctic Mountains
  • 6. The Queen Maud Mountains
  • 7. Horlick Mountains
  • 8. The Far-Eastern Mountains
  • 9. From Rodinia to Gondwana
  • Part III: GONDWANA: GROWTH AND DISINTEGRATION
  • 10. The Beacon Supergroup
  • 11. Beacon Supergroup; Special topics
  • 12. The Ferrar Group: Kirkpatrick Basalt
  • 13. Ferrar Group: Dolerite sills and the Dufek intrusion
  • 14. Kirwan Volcanics, Queen Maud Land
  • 15. Break-up of Gondwana and Assembly of Antarctica
  • Part IV: FIRE AND ICE
  • 16. Cenozoic volcanoes
  • 17. East Antarctic Ice Sheet.-18. Meteorites on Ice
  • 19. Glaciation of Southern Victoria Land
  • 20. Antarctica in Retrospect
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index
  • Geologic Time Scale.

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