Understanding the Monterey formation and similar biosiliceous units across space and time [electronic resource] / edited by Ivano W. Aiello, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, San Jose State University, 8272 Moss Landing Road, Moss Landing, California 95039-9647, USA, John A. Barron, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, MS 901, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA, A. Christina Ravelo, University of California Santa Cruz, Ocean Sciences Department, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, California, 95064, USA.

"This volume presents a collection of recent studies on the Monterey and other similar biosiliceous deposits that offer modern and updated interpretations of this classic unit and its analogues"--