The geology of stratigraphic sequences/ Andrew D. Miall.

Part I
THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN CONCEPTS
1 HISTORICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL BACKGROUND
1.1 introduction
1.2 Methodologies in geology
1.2.2 The significance of sequence stratigraphy
1.2.3 Data and argument in Geology
1.2.4 The hermeneutic circle and the emergence of sequence stratigraphy
1.2.5 Paradigms and exemplars
1.3 The development of descriptive stratigraphy
1.3.1 The growth of modern concepts
1.3.2 Do stratigraphic units have "time" significance?
1.3.3 The development of modern chronostratigraphy
1.4 The continual search for a "pulse of the earth"
1.5 Problems and research trends: the current status
1.6 Current literature
1.7 Stratigraphic terminology
2 THE BASIC SEQUENCE MODEL
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Elements of the model
2.2.1 Accommodation and supply
2.2.2 Stratigraphic architecture
2.2.3 Depositional systems and systems tracts
2.3 Sequence models in clastic and carbonate settings
2.3.1 Marine clastic depositional systems and systems tracts
2.3.2 Nonmarine depositional systems
2.3.3 Carbonate depositional systems
2.3.3.1 Breaks in sedimentation in carbonate environments
2.3.3.2 Platform carbonates: catch-up versus keep-up
2.4 Sequence definitions
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3 OTHER METHODS FOR THE STRATIGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF CYCLES OF BASE-LEVEL CHANGE
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Facies cycles
3.3 Areas and volumes of stratigraphic units
3.4 Hypsometric curves
3.5 Backstripping
3.6 Sea-level estimation from paleoshorelines and other fixed points
3.7 Documentation of metre-scale cycles
3.8 Integrated tectonic-stratigraphic analysis
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Part II
THE STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK
4 The major types of stratigraphic cycle
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Sequence hierarchy
4.3 The supercontinent cycle
4.4 Cycles with episodicities of tens of millions of years
4.5 Cycles with million-year episodicities
4.6 Cycles with episodicities of less than one million years
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5 CYCLES WITH EPISODICITIES OF TENS TO HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF YEARS
5.1 Climate, sedimentation and biogenesis
5.2 The supercontinent cycle
5.2.1 The tectonic-stratigraphic model
5.2.2 The Phanerozoic record
5.3 Cycles with episodicities of tens of millions of years
5.3.1 Regional to intercontinental correlations
5.3.2 Tectonostratigraphic sequences
5.4 Main conclusions
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6 CYCLES WITH MILLION-YEAR EPISODICITIES
6.1 Continental margins
6.1.1 Clastic platforms and margins
6.1.2 Carbonate cycles of platforms and craton margins
6.1.3 Mixed carbonate-clastic successions
6.2 Foreland basins
6.2.1 Foreland basin of the North American Western Interior
6.2.2 Other foreland basins
6.3 Arc-related basins
6.3.1 Forearc basins
6.3.2 Backarc basins
6.4 Cyclothems and mesothems
6.6 Conclusions
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7 CYCLES WITH EPISODICITIES OF LESS THAN ONE MILLION YEARS
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Neogene clastic cycles of continental margins
7.2.1 The Gulf Coast basin of the United States
7.2.2 Wanganui Basin, North Island, New Zealand
7.2.3 Other examples of Neogene high-frequency cycles
7.2.4 The deep-marine record
7.3 Pre-Neogene marine carbonate and clastic cycles
7.4 Late Paleozoic cyclothems
7.5 Lacustrine clastic and chemical rhythms
7.6 High-frequency cycles in foreland basins
7.7 Main conclusions
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Part III
MECHANISMS
8 SUMMARY OF SEQUENCE-GENERATING MECHANISMS
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9 LONG-TERM EUSTASY AND EPEIROGENY
9.1 Mantle processes and dynamic topography
9.2 Supercontinent cycles
9.3 Cycles with episodicities of tens of millions of years
9.3.1 Eustasy
9.3.2 Dynamic topography and epeirogeny
9.3.3 The origin of Sloss sequences
9.4 Main conclusions
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10 TECTONIC MECHANISMS
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Rifting and thermal evolution of divergent plate margins
10.2.1 Basic geophysical models and their implications for sea-level change
10.2.2 The origins of some tectonostratigraphic sequences
10.3 Tectonism on convergent plate margins and in collision zones
10.3.1 Magmatic arcs and subduction
10.3.2 Rates of uplift and subsidence on convergent margins
10.3.3 Tectonism versus eustasy in foreland basins
10.3.3.1 The North American Western Interior Basin;
10.3.3.2 The Appalachian foreland basin.
10.3.3.3 Pyrenean and Himalayan basins
10.4 Intraplate stress
10.4.1 The pattern of global stress
10.4.2 In-plane stress as a control of sequence architecture
10.4.3 In-plane stress and regional histories of sea-level change
10.5 Basement control
10.6 Sediment supply and the importance of big rivers
10.7 Environmental change
10.8 Main conclusions
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11 ORBITAL FORCING
11.1 Introduction
11.2 The nature of Milankovitch processes
11.2.1 Components of orbital forcing
11.2.2 Basic climatology
11.2.3 Variations with time in orbital periodicities
11.2.4 Isostasy and geoid changes
11.2.5 Nonglacial Milankovitch cyclicity
11.2.6 The nature of the cyclostratigraphic data base
11.3 The geologic record
11.3.1 The sensitivity of the earth to glaciation
11.3.2 The Cenozoic record
11.3.3 Glacioeustasy in the Mesozoic?
11.3.4 Late Paleozoic cyclothems
11.4 Distinguishing between orbital forcing and tectonic driving mechanisms
11.5 Main conclusions
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Part IV
CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY AND CORRELATION: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE CURRENT STATUS OF "GLOBAL EUSTASY"
12 THE CONCEPT OF THE GLOBAL CYCLE CHART
12.1 From Vail to Haq
12.2 The two-paradigm problem
12.3 Defining and deconstructing global eustasy and complexity texts
12.4 Invisible colleges and the advancement of knowledge
12.5 The global-eustasy paradigm—a revolution in trouble?
12.6 Conclusions
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13 TIME IN SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY
13.1 Introduction
13.1 Hierarchies of time and the completeness of the stratigraphic record
13.2 Main conclusions
14 CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY, CORRELATION, AND MODERN TESTS FOR GLOBAL EUSTASY
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Chronostratigraphic models and the testing of correlations
14.3 Chronostratigraphic meaning of unconformities
14.4 A correlation experiment
14.5 Testing for eustasy: the way forward
14.5.1 Introduction
14.5.2 The dating and correlation of stratigraphic events: potential sources of uncertainty
14.5.2.1 Identification of sequence boundaries
14.5.2.2 Chronostratigraphic meaning of unconformities
14.5.2.3 Determination of the biostratigraphic framework
14.5.2.4 The problem of incomplete biostratigraphic recovery.
14.5.2.5 Diachroneity of the biostratigraphic record.
14.5.3 The value of quantitative biostratigraphic methods
14.5.4 Assessment of relative biostratigraphic precision
14.5.5 Correlation of biozones with the global stage framework
14.5.6 Assignment of absolute ages and the importance of the modern time scale
14.6 Modern tests of the global eustasy paradigm
14.6.1 Cretaceous-Paleogene sequence stratigraphy of New Jersey
14.6.2 Other modern high-resolution studies of Cretaceous-Paleogene sequence stratigraphy
14.6.3 Sequence stratigraphy of the Neogene
14.6.4 The growing evidence for glacioeustasy in the Mesozoic and Cenozoic
14.7 Cyclostratigraphy and Astrochronology
14.7.1 Historical background of cyclostratigraphy
14.7.2 The building of a time scale
14.8 Main conclusions
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15 FUTURE DIRECTIONS
15.1 Research methodology
15.2 Remaining questions
15.2.1 Future advances in cyclostratigraphy?
15.2.2 Tectonic mechanisms of sequence generation.
15.2.3 Orbital forcing
15.2.4 The codification of sequence nomenclature