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Limnogeology: Progress, Challenges and Opportunities
A Tribute to Elizabeth Gierlowski-KordeschSyntheses in Limnogeology
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128,39 € |
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| Verlag: | Springer |
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| Veröffentl.: | 24.04.2021 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9783030665760 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
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<div>This book honors the career of Professor Elizabeth Gierlowski-Kordesch who was a pioneer and leader in the field of limnogeology since the 1980s. Her work was instrumental in guiding students and professionals in the field until her untimely death in 2016. This collection of chapters was written by her colleagues and students and recognize the important role that Professor Gierlowski-Kordesch had in advancing the field of limnogeology. The chapters show the breadth of her reach as these have been contributed from virtually every continent.<br></div><div><br></div><div>This book will be a primary reference for scientists, professionals and graduate students who are interested in the latest advances in limnogeologic processes and basin descriptions in North and South America, Europe, Africa, and China.<br></div><div><br></div><div>*Free supplementary material available online for chapters 3,11,12 and 13.<br></div><div>Access by searching for the book on link.springer.com<br></div>
Part1. Introduction.- Chapter1. Introduction to limnogeology: progress, challenges, and opportunities—A tribute to Elizabeth Gierlowski Kordesch.- Part2. African Lake.- Chapter2. Modern and ancient animal traces in the extreme environments of Lake Magadi and Nasikie Engida, Kenya rift valley.- Part3. European lakes.- Chapter3. Lake level fluctuations and allochthonous lignite deposition in the Eocene pull-apart basin “Prinz von Hessen” (Hesse, Germany) - A palynological study.- Chapter4. How changes of past vegetation and human impact are documented in lake sediments: Paleoenvironmental research in Southwestern Germany, a review.- Chapter5. Large-scale slumps and associated resedimented deposits in Miocene lake basins from SE Spain.- Chapter6. Lacustrine and fluvial microbialites in the Neogene of the Ebro Basin, Spain: a summary of up to date knowledge .- Part4. North America.- Chapter7. Ecological response of ostracodes (Arthropoda, Crustacea) to lake level fluctuations in the EoceneGreen River Formation, Fossil Basin, Wyoming, USA.- Chapter8. History of Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA, since the termination of Lake Bonneville.- Chapter9. What’s new about the old Bonneville Basin? Fresh insights about the modern Limnogeology of Great Salt Lake.- Chapter10. Middle Holocene hydrologic changes catalyzed by river avulsion in Big Soda Lake, Nevada, USA.- Chapter11. Diatom record of Holocene moisture variability in the San Bernardino Mountains, California, USA.- Chapter12. A 12,000 year diatom-based palaeoenvironmental record from Lago de Zirahuén, Mexico.- Chapter13. Sedimentary record of the Zacapu Basin, Michoacán, México and implications for P’urhépecha Culture during the Pre-Classic and Post-Classic Periods.- Chapter14. Stratigraphy and Sedimentology of the Upper Pleistocene to Holocene Lake Chalco drill cores (Mexico Basin).- Chapter15. Submarine groundwater discharge as a catalyst for eodiagenetic carbonate cements within marine sedimentary basins.- Part5. South America.- Chapter16. Reconstructing paleoenvironmental conditions through integration of paleogeography, stratigraphy, sedimentology, mineralogy, and stable isotope data of lacustrine carbonates—an example from early Middle Triassic strata of southwest Gondwana, Cuyana Rift, Argentina.- Part6. Asia.- Chapter17. Modern sedimentary systems of Qinghai Lake.- Chapter18. Freshwater microbialites in Early Jurassic fluvial strata of the Pranhita-Godavari Gondwana Basin, India.
<p><b>Michael R. Rosen</b></p><p>Michael R. Rosen is a Research Scientist and Water Quality Specialist for Research at the U.S. Geological Survey, California Water Science Center. His research interests center around delineating the history of contaminants in modern lakes, rivers, and groundwater in the western United States, Australia and central Asia. In addition, he has worked extensively on the paleoclimate, paleohydrology, and geochemical evolution of playas and Holocene saline lakes.</p><p><b>David B. Finkelstein</b></p><p>David B. Finkelstein is an Associate Professor in the Geoscience Department at Hobart & William Smith Colleges. His research interests include the biogeochemical and geochemical evolution of modern and ancient lacustrine deposits and the signatures of biomass burning events.</p><p><b>Lisa Park Boush</b></p><p>Lisa Park Boush is Associate Dean in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Connecticut as well as Professor of Geosciences in the Department of Geosciences. Her research interests include Earth system processes and the reconstruction of past climate history and its impact on biological, coastal and lacustrine ecosystems.</p><p><b>Sila Pla-Pueyo</b></p><p> Sila Pla-Pueyo is a carbonate sedimentologist whose research focuses on the paleoenvironmental characterization of ancient river, wetland and lake records, related to early human occupation in Europe and Northern Africa. She also develops research on how geoscience is taught in bilingual contexts (Spanish-English) in southern Spain.<br></p>
<div>This book honors the career of Professor Elizabeth Gierlowski-Kordesch who was a pioneer and leader in the field of limnogeology since the 1980s. Her work was instrumental in guiding students and professionals in the field until her untimely death in 2016. This collection of chapters was written by her colleagues and students and recognize the important role that Professor Gierlowski-Kordesch had in advancing the field of limnogeology. The chapters show the breadth of her reach as these have been contributed from virtually every continent.<br></div><div><br></div><div>This book will be a primary reference for scientists, professionals and graduate students who are interested in the latest advances in limnogeologic processes and basin descriptions in North and South America, Europe, Africa, and China.<br></div><div><br></div><div>*Free supplementary material available online for chapters 3,11,12 and 13.<br></div><div>Access by searching for the book on link.springer.com</div>
Provides the latest advances in limnogeology Honors the contributions of one of the founders and leaders of limnogeology Illustrates the importance of limnogeological studies in understanding climate change and hydrologic processes
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