Siliceous Deposits of the Tethys and Pacific Regions

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Siliceous Deposits of the Tethys and Pacific Regions....Pages 1-17
Radiolarian Evidence: Late Cretaceous Through Eocene Ocean Circulation Patterns....Pages 19-29
Radiolarians, Radiolarites, and Mesozoic Paleogeography of the Circum-Mediterranean Alpine Belts....Pages 31-49
Siliceous Deposits in Yugoslavia: Occurrences, Types, and Ages....Pages 51-64
Origin and Tectonic Significance of Radiolarian Chert in the Austroalpine Rifted Continental Margin....Pages 65-80
Distribution and Evolution of Siliceous Rocks in Bulgaria....Pages 81-92
Early and Late Diagenetic Chert in Carbonate Turbidites of the Senonian Flysch, Northeast Bilbao, Spain....Pages 93-105
Radiolarite Sequences of the Subbetic, Betic Cordillera, Southern Spain....Pages 107-127
Petrology and Diagenetic Changes in Miocene Marine Diatomaceous Deposits from Zakynthos Island, Greece....Pages 129-139
Thermally Induced Silica Transformation in Pliocene Diatomaceous Layers from Aegina Island, Greece....Pages 141-150
Silicified Wood from the Adoyama Chert, Kuzuh, Central Honshu, and Its Bearing on Compaction and Depositional Environment of Radiolarian Bedded Chert....Pages 151-168
Paleoenvironmental Implications of Alaskan Siliceous Deposits....Pages 169-200
Length-Slow Chalcedony in Sedimentary Rocks of the Mesozoic Allochthonous Terrane in Central Japan and Its Use for Tectonic Synthesis....Pages 201-215
Thermal Alteration of Chert in the Ophiolite Basement of Southern Central America....Pages 217-233
Back Matter....Pages 235-244