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Experimental Studies Of Fe-Mg Carbonates And Their Role In Petrogenesis
Experimental Studies Of Fe-Mg Carbonates And Their Role In Petrogenesis
Andrea M. Koziol
Active Tectonics And Ultrahigh-Pressure Rocks, Ann Blythe
Active Tectonics And Ultrahigh-Pressure Rocks, Ann Blythe
Ann Blythe
This chapter compares modern exhumation and surface uplift rates with the rates needed for the preservation of ultrahigh pressure (UHP) metamorphic rocks. The highest recorded exhumation rates of ~ 5–10 mm/a are inferred from isotopic and fission-track analyses in the Himalaya, Southern Alps of New Zealand, and D’Entrecasteaux Islands. Similar rates (~7 mm/a) of surface uplift are measured from leveling surveys in Nepal and correlations of marine terraces in the Southern Alps. In Nepal, however, this surface uplift rate is occurring despite erosion, and the true rate of surface uplift is probably considerably higher. In restraining bends along the San …
Biogeography Of The Late Paleocene Benthic Foraminiferal Extinction, Ellen Thomas
Biogeography Of The Late Paleocene Benthic Foraminiferal Extinction, Ellen Thomas
Ellen Thomas
During the Late Paleocene Thermal Maximum (LPTM) benthic foraminifera at middle bathyal and greater depths suffered extinction of 30-50% of species during a few thousand years. Extinction was less severe at neritic to upper bathyal depths, where temporary changes in faunal composition prevailed. Pre-extinction deep-sea faunas were cosmopolitan and diverse, and contained heavily calcified species. Immediate post-extinction faunas were more variable geographically, exhibited low diversity, and were dominated by thin-walled calcareous or agglutinated taxa, possibly because CaCO3 dissolution increased globally from neritic to abyssal depths just before the extinction. These assemblages were dominated either by long-lived taxa such as Nuttallides …