Volcanology of Saba and St. Eustatius, northern Lesser Antilles /
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| Author / Creator: | Roobol, M. John. |
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| Imprint: | Amsterdam : Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, 2004. |
| Description: | xix, 320 p., [3] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps (some col.) ; 26 cm. + 1 portfolio (3 folded leaves of plates : 5 maps (2 col.) ; 26 cm.) |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5374049 |
Table of Contents:
- Island arcs of the eastern Caribbean
- Venezuela and Grenada basins
- Submarine banks of the Northern Lesser Antilles
- A review of the pyroclastic deposits of the Lesser Antilles
- Development of pyroclastic studies in the Lesser Antilles
- Classification of pyroclastic deposits of the Lesser Antilles
- Saba
- Morphology and bathymmetry of Saba
- Geology of Saba
- Geochronology of Saba
- Pyroclastic stratigraphy of Saba
- The most recent eruption of Saba
- Structural evolution of Saba
- Petrology and petrogenesis of Saba
- Petrography of the volcanic rocks and their inclusions
- Geochemistry of Saba
- Isotopic compositions
- Petrogenesis
- St. Eustatius
- Morphology and bathymmetry of St. Eustatius
- Geology of St. Eustatius
- Geochronology of St. Eustatius
- Geology of the northern centers
- Submarine pyroclastic stratigraphy of the white wall-sugar loaf ridges
- Pyroclastic stratigraphy of the Quill
- Distal facies pyroclastic deposits of the Quill preserved on top of the northern centers
- Grain size characteristics of the younger subaerial pyroclastic deposits of the Quill
- The most recent erupted bedset of the Quill
- Petrology and petrogenesis of St. Eustatius
- Petrography of the northern centers
- Petrography of the white wall-sugar loaf rocks
- Petrography of the Quill
- Exotic blocks ejected from the Quill volcano
- Mineralogy of the Quill
- Geochemistry of St. Eustatius
- Geochemistry of the northern centers and the white wall-sugar loaf ridge
- Geochemistry of the Quill
- Chemical stratigraphy of the Quill
- Isotopic compositions of volcanic rocks from the Quill
- Petrogenesis
- Contrasted models for the magma recharge systems for Saba and the Quill
- Present day geothermal and seismic activity on Saba and St. Eustatius, the status of activity of the volcanoes, and possible future precursor activities
- Volcanic heat escape on Saba
- Heated groundwater on St. Eustatius
- Seismic activity on Saba and St. Eustatius
- Status of activity of Saba and the Quill, St. Eustatius
- Possible precursor activities on Mt. Pelee/Quill- and Soufriere hills/Saba-type volcanoes
- App. 1. Specimen list for Saba
- App. 2. Specimen list for St. Eustatius
- App. 3. Maps showing distribution of marker units K to O of last erupted bedset of the Quill, St. Eustatius.
