Emergence and evolution of Barbados /

Emergence and evolution of Barbados /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Speed, Robert C., author.
Imprint:	Boulder, Colorado : The Geological Society of America, 2021.
Description:	vi, 128 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 28 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Special paper ; 549 Special papers (Geological Society of America) ; 549.
Subject:	Geology -- Barbados. Geomorphology -- Barbados. Geology. Geomorphology. Barbados.
Format:	Map Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12567918

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Other authors / contributors:	Cheng, Hai (Professor of Geology), author. Speed, Christine, editor. Sedlock, Richard L., 1958- editor. Andreas, Lawrence, editor.
ISBN:	9780813725499 0813725496 9780813795492
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:	"Chapter 1 shows that the windward slope of Barbados and its terraced morphology evolved principally by wave erosion during uplift and eustatic oscillation, rather than by biohermal growth. Chapter 2 describes the interplay of erosion and limestone deposition during eustatic oscillation over a span of 700,000 years. It represents the first comprehensive field and chronologic study to integrate marine erosion and deposition with tectonic uplift rates to determine emergence values and rates of the stratigraphic and evolutionary model. Chapter 3 describes the distributions, lithology, depositional environments, and ages of the limestone stratigraphic subunits for seven study areas in southeastern Barbados"--

Table of Contents:

Marine terrace evolution of windward Barbados / Robert C. Speed and Hai Cheng
Active emergence, chronology, and limestone facies in southeastern windward Barbados / Robert C. Speed and Hai Cheng
Geology of southeastern Barbados / Robert C. Speed and Hai Cheng.