Geologic Evolution of Atlantic Continental Rises

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• I. Prerift and Synrift Evolution.
• 1. Galicia Continental Margin: Constraints on Formation of Nonvolcanic Passive Margins.
• 2. Southwest African Plate Margin: Thermal History and Geodynamical Implications.
• II. Early Postrift Evolution.
• 3. Antarctic Continental Margin: Geologic Image of Bransfield Trough, an Incipient Oceanic Basin.
• 4. Southwestern Africa Continental Rise: Structural and Sedimentary Evolution.
• 5. Angola Basin: Geohistory and Construction of the Continental Rise.
• 6. U. S. Middle Atlantic Continental Rise: Provenance, Dispersal, and Deposition of Jurassic to Quaternary Sediments.
• 7. Norway — Svalbard Continental Margin: Structural and Stratigraphical Styles.
• III. Late Postrift Evolution.
• 8. Southern Brazil Basin: Sedimentary Processes and Features and Implications for Continental-Rise Evolution.
• 9. Southeastern New England Continental Rise: Origin and History of Slide Complexes.
• 10. Western Nova Scotia Continental Rise: Relative Importance of Mass Wasting and Deep Boundary-Current Activity.
• 11. Guinea and Ivory Coast — Ghana Transform Margins: Combined Effects of Synrift Structure and Postrift Bottom Currents on Evolution and Morphology.
• 12. Northwest African Continental Rise: Effects of Near-Bottom Processes Inferred from High-Resolution Seismic Data.
• 13. Saharan Continental Rise: Facies Distribution and Sediment Slides.
• IV. Synthesis.
• 14. Geologic Evolution of Continental Rises: A Circum-Atlantic Perspective.