Stratigraphy: A Modern Synthesis

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This book incorporates updated material on sequence stratigraphy, reflection-seismic methods, chronostratigraphy, and new concepts regarding the representation of time in the sedimentary record. It also includes a summary history of the development of ideas, concepts and methods leading to the modern stratigraphic synthesis, and features a comprehensive stratigraphic-sedimentologic database. Lastly, facies analysis and facies models are described in detail.

Author(s): Andrew D. Miall
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2016

Language: English
Pages: 454
Tags: Sedimentology; Structural Geology; Coastal Sciences; Fossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture)

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
The Scope of Modern Stratigraphy....Pages 1-31
The Stratigraphic-Sedimentologic Data Base....Pages 33-75
Facies Analysis....Pages 77-159
Facies Models....Pages 161-214
Sequence Stratigraphy....Pages 215-244
Basin Mapping Methods....Pages 245-310
Stratigraphy: The Modern Synthesis....Pages 311-370
The Future of Time....Pages 371-433
Back Matter....Pages 435-454