Volcanism and Global Environmental Change
Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of contributors; Preface; Part One Large volume volcanism: origins, features and timing; 1 Large igneous provinces and explosive basaltic volcanism; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Mafic volcanic-derived clastic deposits; 1.2.1 Prim...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2015
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| Edition: | Online-Ausg. |
| Series: | EBL-Schweitzer
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| Online Access: | Verlag, Volltext: http://swb.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=1873434
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| Summary: | Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of contributors; Preface; Part One Large volume volcanism: origins, features and timing; 1 Large igneous provinces and explosive basaltic volcanism; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Mafic volcanic-derived clastic deposits; 1.2.1 Primary volcaniclastic deposits; 1.2.2 Reworked volcaniclastic and epiclastic deposits; 1.3 Spatial and temporal occurrence of mafic volcaniclastic deposits; 1.3.1 East Greenland, North Atlantic Igneous Province; 1.3.2 Emeishan large igneous province; 1.3.3 Siberian flood basalts 1.4 Evidence for volatile loads, temperatures and plume heights1.5 Summary: potential for climate change; References; 2 On the nature and consequences of super-eruptions; 2.1 Introduction: what are super-eruptions and super-volcanoes?; 2.1.1 Collapse calderas; 2.2 Magma bodies associated with super-volcanoes; 2.2.1 Eruption triggers; 2.3 Eruptive style; 2.3.1 Wet versus dry eruptions; 2.4 Where are the super-volcanoes and when did they erupt?; 2.5 Products of super-eruptions; 2.5.1 Tephra fall; 2.5.2 Ignimbrites; 2.5.3 Reworked deposits; 2.6 Impacts of super-eruptions 2.6.1 Scenario for a future super-eruptionAcknowledgements; References; 3 Large igneous province locations and their connections with the core-mantle boundary; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Overview of LIPs of the past 300 Myr; 3.2.1 Oceanic plateaus (OPs); 3.2.2 LIPs of the continents (CLIPs); 3.3 Reconstruction methods; 3.4 Seismic tomography and refinement of the plume generation zones; 3.4.1 Mantle reference frame; 3.4.2 Palaeomagnetic reference frame; 3.5 The long-term stability of Tuzo and Jason; 3.6 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References 4 High-precision U-Pb geochronology of Phanerozoic large igneous provinces4.1 Introduction; 4.2 U-Pb zircon geochronology of mafic rocks; 4.2.1 Zircon crystallization in mafic rocks; 4.2.2 Zircon morphology in mafic rocks; 4.2.3 Application of the chemical abrasion technique; 4.2.4 Correction for initial Th exclusion; 4.3 Why accuracy and precision matter; 4.3.1 Case study; Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP); 4.6 Future of high-precision LIP geochronology; References; 5 Volcanic pulses in the Siberian Traps as inferred from Permo-Triassic geomagnetic secular variations 5.1 Introduction5.2 Sampling; 5.3 Paleomagnetism; 5.4 Discussion; 5.5 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Part Two Assessing gas and tephra release in the present day and palaeo-record; 6 Volcanic-gas monitoring; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Chemical composition of volcanic-gas emissions: clues from direct sampling techniques; 6.3 Instrument-based gas monitoring techniques; 6.3.1 Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy; 6.3.2 Multicomponent gas analyser system; 6.4 Volcanic-gas fluxes; 6.4.1 SO2; 6.4.2 CO2; 6.4.3 Halogens; 6.5 Conclusions; References 7 Remote sensing of volcanic ash and sulfur dioxide A multidisciplinary volume describing the effects of volcanism on the environment, past and present, for researchers and advanced students |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISBN: | 9781316207871 |