Paleoaltimetry : : Geochemical and Thermodynamic Approaches / / ed. by Matthew J. Kohn.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Physical Sciences 2000 - 2014
• MitwirkendeR: Chamberlain, C. Page,; Clark, Marin K.,; Dettman, David L.,; Eiler, John,; Forest, Chris E.,; Garzione, Carmala,; Kiirschner, Wolfram M.,; Kohn, Matthew J.,; Kouwenberg, Lenny L. R.,; Libarkin, Julie C.,; McElwain, Jennifer C.,; Meyer, Herbert W.,; Mulch, Andreas,; Proussevitch, Alex,; Quade, Jay,; Reiners, Peter W.,; Riihimaki, Catherine A.,; Rowley, David B.,; Sahagian, Dork,
• HerausgeberIn: Kohn, Matthew J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2018]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Reviews in Mineralogy & Geochemistry , 66
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (X, 278 p.)

Volume 66 of Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry is based on a two day short course entitled Paleoaltimetry: Geochemical and Thermodynamic Approaches held prior to the Geological Society of American annual meeting in Denver, Colorado (October 26-27, 2007). This meeting and volume were sponsored b...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• SHORT COURSE SERIES DEDICATION
• Reviews
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• 1. The Significance of Paleotopography
• 2. Stable Isotope-Based Paleoaltimetry: Theory and Validation
• 3. Paleoelevation Reconstruction using Pedogenic Carbonates
• 4. Stable Isotope Paleoaltimetry in Orogenic Belts - The Silicate Record in Surface and Crustal Geological Archives
• 5. Paleoaltimetry from Stable Isotope Compositions of Fossils
• 6. A Review of Paleotemperature-Lapse Rate Methods for Estimating Paleoelevation from Fossil Floras
• 7. Paleoaltimetry: A Review of Thermodynamic Methods
• 8. Paleoelevation Measurement on the Basis of Vesicular Basalts
• 9. Stomatal Frequency Change Over Altitudinal Gradients: Prospects for Paleoaltimetry
• 10. Thermochronologic Approaches to Paleotopography
• 11. Terrestrial Cosmogenic Nuclides as Paleoaltimetric Proxies