TY - BOOK AU - Chiocci,F.L. AU - Chivas,A.R. TI - Continental shelves of the world: their evolution during the last glacio-eustatic cycle T2 - Geological Society memoir SN - 9781862396869 U1 - 551.41 23 PY - 2014/// CY - London PB - Geological Society KW - Continental shelf N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. An overview of the continental shelves of the world-- 2. Continental shelves of Atlantic Canada-- 3. History of continental shelf and slope sedimentation on the US middle Atlantic margin-- 4. The north and northest Brazilian tropical shelves-- 5. The sounthern Brazilian shelf-- 6. The Argentine continental shelf: morphology, sediments, processes and evolution since the last Glacial Maximum-- 7. The Baltic sea continental shelf-- 8. The NW Iberian continental shelf-- 9. The Gulf of Cadiz continental shelves-- 10. Recent sedimentation in the NW African shelf-- 11. The Iberian Mediterranean shelves-- 12. Overview of the variability of Late Quaternary continental shelf deposits of the Italian peninsula-- 13. Late Quaternary tectonics, sea-level changes, sedimentation and geohazards-- 14. Late Quaternary sea-level change on the Black Sea shelves-- 15. The continental shelf of western India-- 16. The continental shelf of estern India-- 17. The Myanmar continental shelf-- 18. Esst Antarctic continental shelf: Prydz Bay and the Mac.Robertson Land Shelf-- 19. Carbonate shelf sediments of the western continental margin of Austrlia-- 20. The continental shelves fo SE Australia-- 21. A review of sedimentation since the Last Glacil Maximum on the continental shelf of estren china-- 22. Canada shelf physiography: a complex history of glaciation, tectonism, oceanography and sea-level change-- 23. Continental shelves as sediment capacitors or conveyors: source-to-sink insights from the tectonically active Oceanside shelf, southern California, USA-- 24. Geometry of the coastline and morphology of the convergent continental margin of Ecuador-- Index N2 - "The world's continental shelves are the sites of vast resources of food, energy and minerals, the exploitation of which is continuously increasing. Fluctuating global sea levels throughout the Quaternary period produced multiple transgressive and regressive cycles that profoundly affected and shaped these shelves. The complex interactions among climate, sea level, tectonics, oceanography and sediment input have formed distinctive sediment packages on each shelf and provide a guide to the interpretation of older shelf sequences throughout the geological record. This Memoir compiles studies on 23 selected shelves from all the continents, focusing on their evolution and examining the patterns of sedimentation during the past approximately 125,000 years. In addition to providing basic background information for each area, the chapters consider specific aspects of continental shelf research, from seismic stratigraphy to geomorphology, from palaeoceanography to palaeo sea-level reconstruction and from palaeontology to geochemistry."-- ER -