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1. Floodplains: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Edited by S. Marriott and J.
Alexander.
Geological Society Special Publication no. 163
2. Geoarchaeology: exploration, environments, resources. Edited by A. M.
Pollard.
Geological Society Special Publication no. 165
3. After various delays in publication 'The Mediterranean Basins: Tertiary
Extensions within the Alpine Orogen' (Special Publication no 156) is also
now in stock.
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1. Floodplains: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Edited by S. Marriott and J.
Alexander
Geological Society Special Publication no. 163
284 pages. Hardback. ISBN 1-86239-050-9. October 1999
Readership
Geographers, Geologists, Ecologists, Environmental Engineers and Managers.
Also as a secondary text for courses in fluvial geomorphology and aquatic
ecology.
Floodplains are an important functional part of fluvial systems. They
absorb and gradually release floodwaters, filter contaminants from run-off,
recharge groundwater, provide diverse wildlife habitats and are sites of
sediment accumulation and storage. The relatively flat, generally fertile
land with a readily available water supply has attracted considerable
agricultural and urban development throughout the world; with the result
that many floodplains' natural functions have been lost or damaged.
Development and management of floodplains has tended to be rather piecemeal,
often with a lack of regard for the critical roles they play in fluvial and
ecological systems. To a large extent this has been due to an absence of
communication between stakeholders, practitioners and scientists.
In the rock record, fluvial sediments are host to economic accumulations of
hydrocarbons, gold and other minerals. They also act as aquifers for the
storage and transport of freshwater, though because of the filtering
functions of the floodplain contaminants may reach dangerous levels. In
order to extract minerals efficiently and to deal with potential pollution
problems a better understanding of the whole fluvial system is required and
until relatively recently the study of floodplain development has not been
integrated.
This book brings together papers on current themes by some of those at the
forefront of research into the many aspects of modern floodplains, recent
and ancient alluvial deposits. It shows the multidisciplinary nature of the
subject and the value of interdisciplinary study.
Contents
Introduction * Hydrodynamics of a floodplain recirculation zone investigated
by field monitoring and numerical simulation * Flood behaviour of the
Burdekin River, tropical North Queensland, Australia * Using fallout
radionuclides in investigations of contemporary overbank sedimentation on
the floodplains of British rivers * Source and fate of Chernobyl-derived
radiocaesium on floodplains in Ukraine * Contribution of floodpain
sequestration to the sediment budget of the Waipaoa river, New Zealand *
Scientific and institutional constraints on the restoration of European
floodplains * Identification of an ecologically-based floodway: the case of
the Cosumnes river, California * The use of floodplain sedimentation
measurements to evaluate the effects of river restoration works * Potential
for floodplain rehabilitation based on historical maps and present day
processes along the river Rhine, The Netherlands * Somerset levels and
moors: buying off the presumptive rights of landholders to manage the land
as they see fit * Variations in the quality of the thatching reed Phragmites
australis from wetlands in East Anglia, England * Island topography mapping
for the Brahmaputra-Jamuna River using remote sensing and GIS * Biotic
response to late Holocene floodplain evolution in the River Irthing
catchment, Cumbria * The contribution of a multiproxy approach in
reconstructing floodplain development * A mechanism for the formation of
overconsolidated horizons within estuarine floodplain alluvium: implications
for the interpretation of Holocene sea-level curves * Historical background
to floodplain morphology: examples from the East European Plain *
Palaeochannels and groundwater storage on the North China Plain *
Geochemical characteristics of overbank deposits and their potential for
determining suspended sediment provenance; an example from the River Severn,
UK * The CM pattern as a tool for the classification of alluvial suites and
floodplains along the river continuum * Alluvial architecture of the
Mississippi Valley: predictions using a 3D simulation model * Assessing
flood duration gradients and fine scale environmental change on ancient
floodplains * Floodplain palaeosols of the Cenomanian Dunvegan Formation,
Alberta and British Columbia, Canada: micromorphology, pedogenic processes
and palaeoenvironmental implications * Nature and
distribution of heavy metals in the Natal Group, South Africa * Index
* List price Ł65/US$108
Principle Authors:
S. B. Marriott, University of the West of England, UK
J. Alexander, University of East Anglia, UK
A. P. Nicholas, Exeter University, UK
D. E. Walling, University of Exeter, UK
M. Van Der Perk, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
B. Gomez, Indiana State University, USA
W. M. Adams, University of Cambridge, UK
E. S. Andrews, Philip Williams & Associates, USA
N. E. M. Asselman, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
M. M. Schroor, Institute for Inland Water Management and Waste Water
Treatment, The Netherlands
P. J. O'Donoghue, University of the West of England, UK
R. R. Boar, University of East Anglia, UK
A. Hassan, Environment and GIS Support Project for Water Sector Planning,
Bangladesh
J. A. Cotton, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
M. Dinnin, University of Exeter, UK
S. Crooks, University of Reading, UK
A. V. Panin, Moscow State University, Russia
Y. Zhao, University of the West of England, UK
L. J. Bottrill, University of Exeter, UK
J.-P. Bravard, Universite Paris-Sorbonne, France
J. S. Bridge, Birmingham University, UK
V. P. Wright, Cardiff University, UK
P. J. McCarthy, University of Western Ontario, Canada
K. W. Liu, University of Durban-Westville, South Africa
2. Geoarchaeology: exploration, environments, resources
Geological Society Special Publication no. 165
Edited by A. M. Pollard (Department of Archaeological Sciences,
University of Bradford, UK)
Geology and archaeology have a long history of fruitful collaboration
stretching back to the early 19th century. Geoarchaeology - the application
of the geosciences to solve research problems in archaeology - has now
emerged as a recognized sub-discipline of archaeology, especially in the
United States. Traditionally, the methods used include geomorphology,
sedimentology, pedology and stratigraphy, reflecting the fact that most
archaeological evidence is recovered from the sedimentary environment. As
reflected in the sub-title, this volume embraces a broader definition,
including geophysics and geochemistry.
Geophysical techniques, both terrestrial and remote, are now used routinely
to locate and horizontally map buried features of archaeological interest.
New developments include the use of georadar and other methods of giving
vertical information. Geochemistry has long been used to give information
about the exploitation, trade and exchange of mineral resources and finished
products such as metals and pottery. Refinements, such as the use of
isotopic measurements to define not only exploitation but also production
techniques, are increasingly being applied. Perhaps most significantly of
all, geoarchaeology can contribute to an understanding of the dynamic
relationship between human society and the environment in that most
significant (if brief) period of geological time - that in which human
activity has dramatically modified the natural world.
The papers presented here exemplify the many and varied ways in which
geology and archaeology can combine to the mutual benefit of both.
Contents
Geoarchaeology: an introduction * Exploration: Medieval iron and lead
smelting works:
a geophysical comparison * Euler deconvolution methods used to determine the
depth to archaeological features * The application of microgravity in
industrial archaeology: an example from the Williamson tunnels, Edge Hill,
Liverpool * Environments: The Makapansgat Australopithecine site from a
speleological perspective * Testing the potential of soil-stratigraphic
palynology in podsols * Tracing the record of early alluvial tin mining on
Dartmoor, UK * Resources: Provenancing iron ore from the Bristol Channel
Orefield: the cargo of the Medieval Magor Pill Boat * Geochemistry of
ballast granites from Brouage and La Rochelle, France: evidence for medieval
to post-medieval trade with Falmouth, Cornwall, and Donegal, Ireland *
Geochemistry and the early alum industry * Zinc isotope fractionation in
liquid brass (Cu-Zn) alloy: potential environmental and archaeological
applications * The determination of bloomery furnace mass balance and
efficiency * Geoarchaeological research into the historical relics of the
south Urals: problems, results, prospects * Index
Principle Authors:
A. M. Pollard, University of Bradford, UK
R. W. Vernon, University of Bradford, UK
R. E. Murdie, Keele University, UK
R. J. Cuss, British Geological Survey, UK
A. G. Latham, Liverpool University, UK
R. Tipping, University of Stirling, UK
V. R. Thorndycraft, University of Exeter, UK
T. P. Young, Cardiff, UK
C. E. Lazareth, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
A. R. Millard, University of Durham, UK
P. Budd, University of Bradford, UK
G. R. Thomas, University of Wales, UK
V. V. Zaykov, Urals Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
3. The Mediterranean Basins: Tertiary Extension within the Alpine Orogen
Geological Society Special Publication no. 156
Edited by Bernard Durand (IFP, France), Laurent Jolivet (Université P & M
Curie, France), Frank Horváth (Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary) and Michel
Séranne (Université Montpellier, France)
584 pages. Hardback. ISBN 1-86239-033-9. October 1999
Readership
Geologists, geophysicists and geodynamicists at geosceince faculties.
Petroleum geoscientists in oil companies.
The coexistence in space and time of growing mountain belts and actively
extending basins poses a number of yet unsolved questions in terms of
mechanics. This problem is particularly crucial in the Mediterranean
regions, where all Cenozoic basins opened in the internal zones of mountain
belts. The Tyrrhenian Sea opened in the back-arc region of the Apennines,
the Aegean Sea in the back-arc domain of the Hellenides and Hellenic arc,
the Pannonian Basin behind the Carpathians and the Alboran Sea between the
Betics and the Rif. In some examples such as the Tyrrhenian Sea and the
Aegean Sea, extension is ongoing while peripheral compression and
convergence are active. The Alboran Sea and Pannonian Basin are now in a
compression stage.
Several models have been proposed to explain this coexistence of compression
and extension: slab retreat during subduction process, detachments of a deep
lithospheric root under the internal zones leading to radial extension and
peripheral compression and slab detachments.
This volume brings together contributions from geologists and geophysicists
in the quest to solve the complex dynamic problem posed by the Mediterranean
region. It presents a wealth of new data on various topics centred on the
Mediterranean region from the deep mantle structure to the detailed geometry
of sedimentary basins.
This book results for the Integrated Basins Studies Project, which was
funded by the European Commission and which involved the collaboration of
over 200 researchers across Europe.
Contents
The Gulf of Lions continental margin (NW Mediterranean) revisited by IBS: an
overview * Constraints on Moho depth and crustal thickness in the
Liguro-Provençal basin from a 3D gravity inversion: geodynamic implications
* Constraints on the Neogene Mediterranean kinematic evolution along a
1000km transect from Iberia to Africa * Interaction between faulting,
drainage and sedimentation in extensional hanging wall syncline basins:
example of the Oligocene Matelles basin (Gulf of Lion rifted margin, SE
France) * Alpine kinematic evolution of the western Mediterranean: a
westward-directed subduction regime followed by slab roll-back and slab
detachment * The petroleum systems of the Southeast Basin and Gulf of Lions
(France) * Tertiary-Quaternary magmatism within the Mediterranean and
surrounding regions * Crustal structure of the North Tyrrhenian Sea: first
result of the multichannel seismic LISA cruise * IBS Pannonian basin
project: a review of the main results and their bearings on hydrocarbon
exploration * Lithospheric structure of the Pannonian basin derived from
seismic, gravity and geothermal data * Early Tertiary structural evolution
of the border zone between the Pannonian and Transylvanian basins * Recent
tectonic stress and crustal deformation in and around the Pannonian Basin:
data and models * Tertiary tectonic evolution of the Pannonian Basin system
and neighbouring orogens: a new synthesis of paleostress data * Late Neogene
sedimentary facies and sequences in the Pannonian Basin, Hungary * Role of
unconformity-bounded units in stratigraphy of continental record: a case
study from the Late Miocene of western Pannonian Basin, Hungary *
Two-dimensional modelling of stratigraphy and compaction-driven fluid flow
in the Pannonian Basin * The present-day tectonics of the Aegean as deduced
from seismicity * Ductile extension and the formation of the Aegean Sea *
New insights from 40Ar/39Ar laserprobe dating of white mica fabrics from the
Pelion Massif, Pelagonian Zone, Internal Hellenides, Greece: implications
for the timing of metamorphic episodes and tectonic events in the Aegean
region * Tethyan sutures of northern Turkey * Petroleum systems of
Alpine-Mediterranean fold belts and basins * On the origin of west-directed
subduction zones and applications to the western Mediterranean.
* List price Ł89/US$148
Principle Authors
B. Durand, Institute Francais du Petrole, France
L. Jolivet, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, France
F. Horvath, Lorand Eotvos University, Hungary
M. Seranne, Universite Montpellier, France
N. Chamot-Rooke, Ecole Normale Superieure, France
J. Verges, Insitute of Earth Sciences 'Jaune Almera', Spain
A. Benedicto, CNRS-Universite Montpelier, France
H. P. Zeck, Copenhagen University, Denmark
A. Mascle, IFP School, France
M. Wilson, Leeds University, UK
A. Mauffret, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, France
G. Tari, BP Amoco, USA
I. Gyorfi, Eotvos University, Hungary
P. Gerner, Eotvos University, Hungary
L. Fodor, Eotvos University, Hungary
E. Juhasz, Geological Institute of Hungary, Hungary
M. Sacchi, Research Institute GEOMARE SUD, Italy
R. T. Van Balen, Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands
D. Hatzfeld, UJF-CNRS, France
A.L. W. Lips, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
A. I. Okay, ITU Eurasian Institute of Earth Sciences and Maden Fakultesi,
Turkey
P. A. Ziegler, University of Basel, Switzerland
C. Doglioni, Universita La Sapienza, Italy
180 pages. Hardback. ISBN 1-86239-053-3
Publication October 1999
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