Submerged Landscapes of the European Continental Shelf, Volume I : Quaternary Paleoenvironments.

Submerged Landscapes of the European Continental Shelf, Volume I : Quaternary Paleoenvironments.

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Main Author: Burgess, Anthony
Other Authors: Bailey, Geoff, Flemming, Nicholas C., Harff, Jan, Moura, Delminda
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2017.
Subjects:
From 2 million years ago
Paleoclimatology > Quaternary.
Paleoclimatology
Quaternary Geologic Period
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Table of Contents:
  • Submerged Landscapes of the European Continental Shelf; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Reference; Acknowledgement; 1 Introduction: Prehistoric Remains on the Continental Shelf
  • Why do Sites and Landscapes Survive Inundation?; The Big Question; General Issues; Recent History of Collaboration; Outline of this Book; Conventions and Standards; Conclusion; References; 2 Sea Level and Climate; Introduction; Tectonic and Geological Setting of Europe with Special Reference to the Shelf and Marginal Seas; Proto-Europe; Paleo-Europe; Meso-Europe; Neo-Europe.
  • Quaternary Climate and Sea-level ChangeThe Quaternary and European Sedimentary Environments; Glacio-isostatic Adjustment and Relative Sea-level Modeling; The Baltic Glacio-isostatic Adjustments; North Sea and Atlantic Shelf from the Last Glacial Maximum to the Atlantic Period; Tectonic Controls: The Mediterranean Sea; A Hydrologic System: The Black Sea since MIS 2; Holocene Climate and Coastal Morphodynamics; Climate; Coastal morphodynamics; Conclusion; References; 3 Non-Cultural Processes of Site Formation, Preservation and Destruction; Introduction.
  • The Continental Shelf Profile, Landscape, and Factors Determining Site Survival on Different TimescalesEffect of sea-level variation on the shelf profile; Assessments of How and Why Sites Survive or are Destroyed in the Long, Intermediate, or Short Term; Effects of coastal and shallow water processes on the timescale of 100 years to 20,000 years; Processes in the short term: weeks to 100-1000 years; Site Formation and Coastal Landscapes and Processes; High latitude (>50°N) rock weathering; Glacial erosion and transport; Eolian erosion and transport; Mid latitude (50°N-30°N) rock weathering.
  • Fluvial erosion, transport and coastline evolutionEarly diagenesis; Substrate and coastal physiography; Selected Case Examples; Golfe du Morbihan, Brittany, France, 5000 BP to 4500 BP; Pavlopetri, southern Greece, 5000 BP; Southwest Baltic, Danish and German coasts; Western UK and Severn Estuary, 8000 BP to 6000 BP; Atlit-Yam, Israel, Pre-Pottery Neolithic, 8000 BP; Bouldnor Cliff, Isle of Wight, UK, 8000 BP; Rotterdam Port, the Netherlands, North Sea, 30,000 BP to 10,000 BP; Cap Lévi, Anse de La Mondrée, France, 100 ka; A240 concession, East Anglia, UK, North Sea, 300 ka to 250 ka.
  • Value of Understanding the Submerged Landscape: Sites in ContextEnvironmental and Industrial Threats to Known Sites and Preserved Submerged Landscapes; Conclusion; References; 4 Standard Core Variables for Continental Shelf Prehistoric Research and Their Availability; Introduction: The Concept of Core Variables; Suggested Core Variables for All European Sea Areas; Characteristics and Sources for Core Variables; Bathymetry; Relevance of electronic charts: ECDIS; Available multibeam surveys, areas covered; Coastlines and coastal processes; Coastal processes: coastal behavior and erosion.

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