The geology of stratigraphic sequences/ (Record no. 164811)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9783642050268 |
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| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 551 |
| Item number | MIA/G |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Miall, Andrew D. |
| 245 #4 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The geology of stratigraphic sequences/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Andrew D. Miall. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 2nd ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Springer, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2010. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xvii, 522 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. (some col.), maps ; |
| Dimensions | 28 cm. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Part I<br/>THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN CONCEPTS<br/>1 HISTORICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL BACKGROUND<br/>1.1 introduction<br/>1.2 Methodologies in geology<br/>1.2.2 The significance of sequence stratigraphy<br/>1.2.3 Data and argument in Geology<br/>1.2.4 The hermeneutic circle and the emergence of sequence stratigraphy<br/>1.2.5 Paradigms and exemplars<br/>1.3 The development of descriptive stratigraphy<br/>1.3.1 The growth of modern concepts<br/>1.3.2 Do stratigraphic units have "time" significance?<br/>1.3.3 The development of modern chronostratigraphy<br/>1.4 The continual search for a "pulse of the earth"<br/>1.5 Problems and research trends: the current status<br/>1.6 Current literature<br/>1.7 Stratigraphic terminology<br/>2 THE BASIC SEQUENCE MODEL<br/>2.1 Introduction<br/>2.2 Elements of the model<br/>2.2.1 Accommodation and supply<br/>2.2.2 Stratigraphic architecture<br/>2.2.3 Depositional systems and systems tracts<br/>2.3 Sequence models in clastic and carbonate settings<br/>2.3.1 Marine clastic depositional systems and systems tracts<br/>2.3.2 Nonmarine depositional systems<br/>2.3.3 Carbonate depositional systems<br/>2.3.3.1 Breaks in sedimentation in carbonate environments<br/>2.3.3.2 Platform carbonates: catch-up versus keep-up<br/>2.4 Sequence definitions<br/>Figures<br/>3 OTHER METHODS FOR THE STRATIGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF CYCLES OF BASE-LEVEL CHANGE<br/>3.1 Introduction<br/>3.2 Facies cycles<br/>3.3 Areas and volumes of stratigraphic units<br/>3.4 Hypsometric curves<br/>3.5 Backstripping<br/>3.6 Sea-level estimation from paleoshorelines and other fixed points<br/>3.7 Documentation of metre-scale cycles<br/>3.8 Integrated tectonic-stratigraphic analysis<br/>Figures<br/>Part II<br/>THE STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK<br/>4 The major types of stratigraphic cycle<br/>4.1 Introduction<br/>4.2 Sequence hierarchy<br/>4.3 The supercontinent cycle<br/>4.4 Cycles with episodicities of tens of millions of years<br/>4.5 Cycles with million-year episodicities<br/>4.6 Cycles with episodicities of less than one million years<br/>Tables<br/>Figures<br/>5 CYCLES WITH EPISODICITIES OF TENS TO HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF YEARS<br/>5.1 Climate, sedimentation and biogenesis<br/>5.2 The supercontinent cycle<br/>5.2.1 The tectonic-stratigraphic model<br/>5.2.2 The Phanerozoic record<br/>5.3 Cycles with episodicities of tens of millions of years<br/>5.3.1 Regional to intercontinental correlations<br/>5.3.2 Tectonostratigraphic sequences<br/>5.4 Main conclusions<br/>Figures<br/>6 CYCLES WITH MILLION-YEAR EPISODICITIES<br/>6.1 Continental margins<br/>6.1.1 Clastic platforms and margins<br/>6.1.2 Carbonate cycles of platforms and craton margins<br/>6.1.3 Mixed carbonate-clastic successions<br/>6.2 Foreland basins<br/>6.2.1 Foreland basin of the North American Western Interior<br/>6.2.2 Other foreland basins<br/>6.3 Arc-related basins<br/>6.3.1 Forearc basins<br/>6.3.2 Backarc basins<br/>6.4 Cyclothems and mesothems<br/>6.6 Conclusions<br/>Figures<br/>7 CYCLES WITH EPISODICITIES OF LESS THAN ONE MILLION YEARS<br/>7.1 Introduction<br/>7.2 Neogene clastic cycles of continental margins<br/>7.2.1 The Gulf Coast basin of the United States<br/>7.2.2 Wanganui Basin, North Island, New Zealand<br/>7.2.3 Other examples of Neogene high-frequency cycles<br/>7.2.4 The deep-marine record<br/>7.3 Pre-Neogene marine carbonate and clastic cycles<br/>7.4 Late Paleozoic cyclothems<br/>7.5 Lacustrine clastic and chemical rhythms<br/>7.6 High-frequency cycles in foreland basins<br/>7.7 Main conclusions<br/>Figures<br/>Part III<br/>MECHANISMS<br/>8 SUMMARY OF SEQUENCE-GENERATING MECHANISMS<br/>Figures<br/>9 LONG-TERM EUSTASY AND EPEIROGENY<br/>9.1 Mantle processes and dynamic topography<br/>9.2 Supercontinent cycles<br/>9.3 Cycles with episodicities of tens of millions of years<br/>9.3.1 Eustasy<br/>9.3.2 Dynamic topography and epeirogeny<br/>9.3.3 The origin of Sloss sequences<br/>9.4 Main conclusions<br/>Figures<br/>10 TECTONIC MECHANISMS<br/>10.1 Introduction<br/>10.2 Rifting and thermal evolution of divergent plate margins<br/>10.2.1 Basic geophysical models and their implications for sea-level change<br/>10.2.2 The origins of some tectonostratigraphic sequences<br/>10.3 Tectonism on convergent plate margins and in collision zones<br/>10.3.1 Magmatic arcs and subduction<br/>10.3.2 Rates of uplift and subsidence on convergent margins<br/>10.3.3 Tectonism versus eustasy in foreland basins<br/>10.3.3.1 The North American Western Interior Basin;<br/>10.3.3.2 The Appalachian foreland basin.<br/>10.3.3.3 Pyrenean and Himalayan basins<br/>10.4 Intraplate stress<br/>10.4.1 The pattern of global stress<br/>10.4.2 In-plane stress as a control of sequence architecture<br/>10.4.3 In-plane stress and regional histories of sea-level change<br/>10.5 Basement control<br/>10.6 Sediment supply and the importance of big rivers<br/>10.7 Environmental change<br/>10.8 Main conclusions<br/>Figures<br/>11 ORBITAL FORCING<br/>11.1 Introduction<br/>11.2 The nature of Milankovitch processes<br/>11.2.1 Components of orbital forcing<br/>11.2.2 Basic climatology<br/>11.2.3 Variations with time in orbital periodicities<br/>11.2.4 Isostasy and geoid changes<br/>11.2.5 Nonglacial Milankovitch cyclicity<br/>11.2.6 The nature of the cyclostratigraphic data base<br/>11.3 The geologic record<br/>11.3.1 The sensitivity of the earth to glaciation<br/>11.3.2 The Cenozoic record<br/>11.3.3 Glacioeustasy in the Mesozoic?<br/>11.3.4 Late Paleozoic cyclothems<br/>11.4 Distinguishing between orbital forcing and tectonic driving mechanisms<br/>11.5 Main conclusions<br/>Figures<br/>Part IV<br/>CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY AND CORRELATION: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE CURRENT STATUS OF "GLOBAL EUSTASY"<br/>12 THE CONCEPT OF THE GLOBAL CYCLE CHART<br/>12.1 From Vail to Haq<br/>12.2 The two-paradigm problem<br/>12.3 Defining and deconstructing global eustasy and complexity texts<br/>12.4 Invisible colleges and the advancement of knowledge<br/>12.5 The global-eustasy paradigm—a revolution in trouble?<br/>12.6 Conclusions<br/>Figures<br/>13 TIME IN SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY<br/>13.1 Introduction<br/>13.1 Hierarchies of time and the completeness of the stratigraphic record<br/>13.2 Main conclusions<br/>14 CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY, CORRELATION, AND MODERN TESTS FOR GLOBAL EUSTASY<br/>14.1 Introduction<br/>14.2 Chronostratigraphic models and the testing of correlations<br/>14.3 Chronostratigraphic meaning of unconformities<br/>14.4 A correlation experiment<br/>14.5 Testing for eustasy: the way forward<br/>14.5.1 Introduction<br/>14.5.2 The dating and correlation of stratigraphic events: potential sources of uncertainty<br/>14.5.2.1 Identification of sequence boundaries<br/>14.5.2.2 Chronostratigraphic meaning of unconformities<br/>14.5.2.3 Determination of the biostratigraphic framework<br/>14.5.2.4 The problem of incomplete biostratigraphic recovery.<br/>14.5.2.5 Diachroneity of the biostratigraphic record.<br/>14.5.3 The value of quantitative biostratigraphic methods<br/>14.5.4 Assessment of relative biostratigraphic precision<br/>14.5.5 Correlation of biozones with the global stage framework<br/>14.5.6 Assignment of absolute ages and the importance of the modern time scale<br/>14.6 Modern tests of the global eustasy paradigm<br/>14.6.1 Cretaceous-Paleogene sequence stratigraphy of New Jersey<br/>14.6.2 Other modern high-resolution studies of Cretaceous-Paleogene sequence stratigraphy<br/>14.6.3 Sequence stratigraphy of the Neogene<br/>14.6.4 The growing evidence for glacioeustasy in the Mesozoic and Cenozoic<br/>14.7 Cyclostratigraphy and Astrochronology<br/>14.7.1 Historical background of cyclostratigraphy<br/>14.7.2 The building of a time scale<br/>14.8 Main conclusions<br/>Tables<br/>Figures<br/>15 FUTURE DIRECTIONS<br/>15.1 Research methodology<br/>15.2 Remaining questions<br/>15.2.1 Future advances in cyclostratigraphy?<br/>15.2.2 Tectonic mechanisms of sequence generation.<br/>15.2.3 Orbital forcing<br/>15.2.4 The codification of sequence nomenclature |
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| Keyword | Geology, Stratigraphic. |
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