Marine Geology and Oceanography of the Arctic Seas

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Physical Oceanography of Arctic and Subarctic Seas....Pages 1-72
Topography of the Arctic Ocean....Pages 73-81
Tectonic History of the Arctic Basins: Partial Solutions and Unsolved Mysteries....Pages 83-117
Tectonic Setting and Cenozoic Sedimentary History of the Bering Sea....Pages 119-140
Geological Oceanography of the Bering Shelf....Pages 141-156
Holocene Sedimentary Framework, East-Central Bering Sea Continental Shelf....Pages 157-172
Sedimentation in the Beaufort Sea: A Synthesis....Pages 173-190
Recent Sediments of the East Siberian Sea....Pages 191-210
Holocene History of the Laptev Sea Continental Shelf....Pages 211-229
Sediment Distribution in Deep Areas of the Northern Kara Sea....Pages 231-256
Subarctic Pleistocene Molluscan Fauna....Pages 257-270
The Neogene Period in the Subarctic Sector of the Pacific....Pages 271-281
Arctic Ocean Sediments, Microfauna, and the Climatic Record in Late Cenozoic Time....Pages 283-348
Atmospheric Circulation during the Onset and Maximum Development of the Wisconsin/Würm Ice Age....Pages 349-358
Possible Causes of Glaciations....Pages 359-378
Back Matter....Pages 379-397