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Cover Image Understanding the Monterey Formation and Similar Biosiliceous Units across Space and Time

Understanding the Monterey Formation and Similar Biosiliceous Units across Space and Time

Product code: USPE556

Print publication date: 25/09/2022

Geological Society of America, GSA Special Papers, Earth Structure Processes and Tectonics, Tectonics, Sedimentology, Seismology (basins and exploration)

Type: Book (Paperback)

Binding: Paperback

ISBN: 9780813725567

Author/Edited by: Editors: Ivano W. Aiello, John A. Barron, and A. Christina Ravelo

Weight: 1.1kg

Number of pages: 316

£61.50

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Product Code: USPE556

GSA Special Paper 556

The Monterey Formation is a Miocene marine unit that occurs extensively in the Coast Ranges and in the continental margins of California, and analogous biosiliceous deposits are found around the Pacific Rim and elsewhere in the world. Classic studies on the diatomaceous deposits that characterize the hemipelagic/pelagic facies of the Monterey Formation have been key to understand the oceanographic and tectonic conditions that lead to the preservation of large volumes of organic-rich hemipelagic biosiliceous sediments, and the properties of these sedimentary deposits once they convert into rocks. This volume presents a collection of recent studies on the Monterey and other similar biosiliceous deposits that offer modern and updated interpretations of this classic unit and its analogues. The volume is dedicated to the memory of Professor Bob Garrison.


Editors: Ivano W. Aiello, John A. Barron, and A. Christina Ravelo

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