Canadian inland seas /
The various chapters of this book have been written by researchers who are still working in the Canadian Inland Seas region. The chapters synthesize what is known about these seas, yet much still is to be learnt. It is hoped that this collection of information will serve as a springboard for future,...
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Elsevier Science,
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Publisher Address: | Amsterdam : |
Publication Dates: | 1986. |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Elsevier Oceanography Series ;
44 |
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/bookseries/04229894/44 |
Summary: |
The various chapters of this book have been written by researchers who are still working in the Canadian Inland Seas region. The chapters synthesize what is known about these seas, yet much still is to be learnt. It is hoped that this collection of information will serve as a springboard for future, much needed, studies in this fascinating, diverse region, and will stimulate comparative analyses with other subarctic and arctic basins of the world. The Canadian Inland Seas are the only remnants, albeit cold, of the ancient cratonic marine basins which occupied central North America throughout |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9780444426833 0444426833 9780080870823 0080870821 |
Index Number: | GB1629 |
CLC: | P7-61 |
Contents: | Front Cover; Canadian Inland Seas; Copyright Page; Preface and Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Contribotors; CHAPTER 1. PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY; CHAPTER 2. REVIEW OF HUDSON PLATFORM PALEOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY AND BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHAPTER 3. MESOZOIC GEOLOGY OF THE HUDSON PLATFORM; CHAPTER 4. GLACIATION OF THE HUDSON BAY REGION; CHAPTER 5. A CLIMATE OVERVIEW OF THE CANADIAN INLAND SEAS; CHAPTER 6. THE ICE COVER; CHAPTER 7. COASTAL FEATURES OF CANADIAN INLAND SEAS; CHAPTER 8. SEAFLOOR MORPHOLOGY AND SEDIMENTS; CHAPTER 9. SALINITY AND TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION OF HUDSON BAY AND JAMES BAY. |