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Principles of Sedimentary Basin Analysis /

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This book incorporates developments in chronostratigraphy, sequence stratigraphy and sedimentation and tectonics that have taken place during the last decade. In particular, the wealth of case studies that have appeared since the late 1980s, focusing on sequence architecture and the relationships be...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miall, Andrew D.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2000.
Edition:Third, updated and enlarged edition.
Subjects:
Geography.
Geology.
Mines and mineral resources.
Sedimentology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • The stratigraphy and sedimentology of sedimentary basins: Introduction; The Stratigraphic-Sedimentologic Data Base; Stratigraphic Correlation; Facies Analysis; Basin Mapping Methods
  • Global controls of sedimentary basin development: Sequence Stratigraphy; Tectonism and Sedimentation: Principles and Models; Regional and Global Stratigraphic Cycles; Sedimentation and Plate Tectonics
  • Conclusions
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index.