Siliceous Deposits in the Pacific Region

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Preface
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Azuma Iijima, James R. Hein, Raymond Siever

Chapter 1 An Introduction to Siliceous Deposits in the Pacific Region Original Research Article
Pages 1-6
A. Iijima, J.R. Hein, R. Siever

Chapter 2 Evolution of Chert at Active and Passive Continental Margins Original Research Article
Pages 7-24
Raymond Siever

Chapter 3 Comparisons Between Open-Ocean and Continental Margin Chert Sequences Original Research Article
Pages 25-43
James R. Hein, Susan M. Karl

Chapter 4 Recent Developments in the Sedimentology of Siliceous Deposits in Japan Original Research Article
Pages 45-64
Azuma Iijima, Hinoru Utada

Chapter 5 Conodont Biostratigraphy of Cherts in the Japanese Islands Original Research Article
Pages 65-77
Hisayoshi Igo, Toshio Koike

Chapter 6 Cherts of Southeast Asia Original Research Article
Pages 79-91
D.N.K. Tan

Chapter 7 Chert-Bearing Formations of New Zealand Original Research Article
Pages 93-108
P.R. Moore

Chapter 8 Distribution, Age, and Depositional Environments of Radiolarian Chert in Western North America Original Research Article
Pages 109-125
Benita Murchey, David L. Jones, Brian K. Holdsworth

Chapter 9 Sedimentology of Radiolarites Within the Nicoya Ophiolite Complex, Costa Rica, Central America Original Research Article
Pages 127-142
H.-J. Gursky, R. Schmidt-Effing

Chapter 10 Petrology and Geochemistry of Cretaceous and Paleogene Cherts From Western Costa Rica Original Research Article
Pages 143-174
James R. Hein, Eric P. Kuijpers, Percy Denyer, Rosemary E. Sliney

Chapter 11 Chemical Sedimentology of Some Permo-Jurassic and Tertiary Bedded Cherts in Central Honshu, Japan Original Research Article
Pages 175-191
R. Matsumoto, A. Iijima

Chapter 12 Geochemical Contribution to the Understanding of Bedded Chert Original Research Article
Pages 193-210
M. Steinberg, C. Bonnot-Courtois, S. Tlig

Chapter 13 Opal-A to Opal-Ct Transformation: A Kinetic Study Original Research Article
Pages 211-227
M. Kastner, J.M. Gieskes

Chapter 14 Identification of Mixtures of Opaline Silica Phases and Its Implication For Silica Diagenesis Original Research Article
Pages 229-245
R. Tada, A. Iijima

Chapter 15 Facies and Diagenesis of the Miocene Monterey Formation, California: A Summary Original Research Article
Pages 247-282
Caroline M. Isaacs, Kenneth A. Pisciotto, Robert E. Garrison

Chapter 16 Diagenesis of Jurassic Siliceous Shale in Central Japan Original Research Article
Pages 283-297
S. Mizutani, K. Shibata

Chapter 17 Some Sedimentary and Diagenetic Signatures in the Formation of Bedded Radiolarite Original Research Article
Pages 299-315
Miriam Baltuck

Chapter 18 The Determination of Biogenic Opal in High Latitude Deep Sea Sediments Original Research Article
Pages 317-331
Brewster Nancy Ann

Chapter 19 Fossil Diatoms and the Oceanography of the Bering Sea During the Last Glacial Event Original Research Article
Pages 333-345
Constance Sancetta

Chapter 20 Sedimentary Environments of Neogene Diatomaceous Sediments, West Coast of Japan Original Research Article
Pages 347-360
I. Koizumi

Chapter 21 Late Paleozoic and Mesozoic Radiolarians From Southwest Japan Original Research Article
Pages 361-375
A. Yao

Chapter 22 Sedimentary Structures of Permian-Triassic Cherts in the Tamba District, Southwest Japan Original Research Article
Pages 377-393
N. Imoto

Chapter 23 Environment of Deposition of Cretaceous Chert from the Shimanto Belt, Kii Peninsula, Southwest Japan Original Research Article
Pages 395-411
K. Nakazawa, F. Kumon, K. Kimura, H. Matsuyama, K. Nakajo

Chapter 24 Mesozoic Accretion of Siliceous Deposits in Southwest Japan Original Research Article
Pages 413-426
Y. Ogawa, K. Nakashima, H. Sunouchi

Chapter 25 Bedded Cherts Associated With Greenstones in the Sawadani and Shimantogawa Groups, Southwest Japan Original Research Article
Pages 427-440
Hiroyoshi Sano

Chapter 26 Chert-Laminite, One of the Principal Sediments in A Geosyncline Original Research Article
Pages 441-456
S. Yoshida

Subject Index
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