Emergence and evolution of Barbados / by Robert C. Speed, Department of Geological Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, Hai Cheng, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota ; edited by Christine Speed, Richard Sedlock, and Lawrence Andreas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Speed, Robert C., author.

Cheng, Hai (Professor of Geology), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geology--Barbados.

Geology.

Geomorphology--Barbados.

Geomorphology.

Place of Publication:

Geological Society of America

Summary:

"Chapter 1 shows that the windward slope of Barbados and its terraced morphology evolved principally by wave erosion during uplift and eustatic oscillation, rather than by biohermal growth. Chapter 2 describes the interplay of erosion and limestone deposition during eustatic oscillation over a span of 700,000 years. It represents the first comprehensive field and chronologic study to integrate marine erosion and deposition with tectonic uplift rates to determine emergence values and rates of the stratigraphic and evolutionary model. Chapter 3 describes the distributions, lithology, depositional environments, and ages of the limestone stratigraphic subunits for seven study areas in southeastern Barbados"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0-8137-9549-4