{"product_id":"tectonic-climatic-and-cryospheric-evolution-of-the-antarctic-peninsula-isbn-9780875907345","title":"Tectonic, Climatic, and Cryospheric Evolution of the Antarctic Peninsula","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished by the American Geophysical Union as part of the \u003ci\u003eSpecial Publications Series\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eTectonic, Climatic, and Cryospheric Evolution of the Antarctic Peninsula\u003c\/i\u003e presents the analysis of data collected during the SHALDRIL program, which sampled the most complete Cenozoic stratigraphic section in the Antarctic Peninsula. The stratigraphic intervals sampled fill major gaps in the existing stratigraphic record in the region, which is believed to have been the last place in Antarctica to become fully glaciated and, as such, the last refugium for plants and animals living on the continent. Providing previously unpublished results from studies aimed at improving our understanding of the changes in climate, glacial setting, and fauna and flora that took place over the past 30 million years, the volume highlights include discussions of marine seismic and drill core records documenting the initial growth and expansion of an ice sheet across the northernmost Antarctic Peninsula continental shelf in the northwestern Weddell Sea. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The book features:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDetailed vegetation and phytoplankton evolution from greenhouse through icehouse conditions in Antarctica's last refugium\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSand grain texture and micromorphology indicating ice sheet control of weathering style\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExhumational history around the Drake Passage margins from thermochronology and sediment provenance\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eComprehensive review of the opening of the ocean passageway between Antarctica and South America and the associated regional tectonics.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTectonic, Climatic, and Cryospheric Evolution of the Antarctic Peninsula\u003c\/i\u003e will be of interest to geologists, climatologists, and glaciologists interested in climate and cryosphere evolution and those factors that regulate it.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn B. Anderson and Julia S. Wellner\u003c\/i\u003e v\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn B. Anderson and Julia S. Wellner\u003c\/i\u003e 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Different Look at Gateways: Drake Passage and Australia\/Antarctica\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLawrence A. Lawver, Lisa M. Gahagan, and Ian W. D. Dalziel\u003c\/i\u003e 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExhumational History of the Margins of Drake Passage\u003cbr\u003eFrom Thermochronology and Sediment Provenance\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid L. Barbeau Jr\u003c\/i\u003e 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeismic Stratigraphy of the Joinville Plateau: Implications for Regional Climate Evolution\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eR. Tyler Smith and John B. Anderson\u003c\/i\u003e 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAge Assessment of Eocene-Pliocene Drill Cores Recovered During the SHALDRIL II Expedition, Antarctic Peninsula\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteven M. Bohaty, Denise K. Kulhanek, Sherwood W. Wise Jr., Kelly Jemison, Sophie Warny, and Charlotte Sjunneskog\u003c\/i\u003e 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMagnetic Properties of Oligocene-Eocene Cores From SHALDRIL II, Antarctica\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLuigi Jovane and Kenneth L. Verosub\u003c\/i\u003e 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistory of an Evolving Ice Sheet as Recorded in SHALDRIL Cores\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Northwestern Weddell Sea, Antarctica\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJulia S. Wellner, John B. Anderson, Werner Ehrmann, Fred M. Weaver, Alexandra Kirshner, Daniel Livsey, and Alexander R. Simms\u003c\/i\u003e 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCenozoic Glacial History of the Northern Antarctic Peninsula: A Micromorphological Investigation of Quartz Sand Grains\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlexandra E. Kirshner and John B. Anderson\u003c\/i\u003e 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLast Remnants of Cenozoic Vegetation and Organic-Walled Phytoplankton in the Antarctic Peninsula's Icehouse World\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSophie Warny and Rosemary Askin\u003c\/i\u003e 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVegetation and Organic-Walled Phytoplankton at the End of the Antarctic Greenhouse World: Latest Eocene Cooling Events\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSophie Warny and Rosemary Askin\u003c\/i\u003e 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAGU Category Index 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 213\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJOHN B. ANDERSON\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Maurice Ewing Professor of Oceanography, Emeritus at Rice University in Texas. He has participated in 24 scientific expeditions to Antarctica and countless other expeditions from Alaska to Chile. He has authored and co-authored over 250 peer-reviewed publications, edited 5 volumes and published two books. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBRUCE MOLINA\u003c\/strong\u003e earned a Ph.D. in marine geology from the University of South Carolina. He joined the US Geological Survey in 1974 and currently serves as a Research Geologist of the Earth Surface Processes Team. He has authored, coauthored, or edited more than 200 articles, abstracts, maps, and books.  \u003ci\u003eTectonic, Climatic, and Cryospheric Evolution of the Antarctic Peninsula\u003c\/i\u003e presents the analysis of data collected during the 2005-2006 SHALDRIL program, which sampled the most complete Cenozoic stratigraphic section anywhere in Antarctica. The stratigraphic intervals sampled fill major gaps in the existing stratigraphic record of the Antarctic Peninsula, which is believed to have been the last place in Antarctica to become fully glaciated and, as such, the last refugium for plants and animals living on the continent. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProviding previously unpublished results from studies aimed at improving our understanding of the changes in climate, glacial setting, and fauna and flora that took place over the past 30 million years, the volume highlights include discussions of\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eMarine seismic and drill core records documenting the initial growth and expansion of an ice sheet across the northernmost Antarctic Peninsula continental shelf in the northwestern Weddell Sea\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDetailed vegetation and phytoplankton evolution from greenhouse through icehouse conditions in Antarctica's last refugium\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSand grain texture and micromorphology indicating ice sheet control of weathering style\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExhumational history around the Drake Passage margins from thermochronology and sediment provenance\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eComprehensive review of the opening of the ocean passageway between Antarctica and South America and the associated regional tectonics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTectonic, Climatic, and Cryospheric Evolution of the Antarctic Peninsula\u003c\/i\u003e will be of interest to geologists, climatologists, and glaciologists interested in climate and cryosphere evolution and those factors that regulate it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"American Geophysical Union","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990141944037,"sku":"NP9780875907345","price":71.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780875907345.jpg?v=1761786664","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/tectonic-climatic-and-cryospheric-evolution-of-the-antarctic-peninsula-isbn-9780875907345","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}