Sequence stratigraphy

Authors:Dominic Emery, Keith Myers, George T. Bertram

Summary:Presents the tools and techniques of sequence stratigraphy. This book covers a brief history, concepts and principles, tools, and applications of sequence stratigraphy to different depositional systems. It emphasises on seeing sequence stratigraphy in its sedimentological context, relating product to process.

Print Book, English, 1995

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Publisher: Blackwell Science, Cambridge, Mass., 1995

Physical Description:v, 297 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

ISBN:

9780632037063, 0632037067

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:224011697

Subjects:

Geology, Stratigraphic

Stratigraphie

Contents:

List of Contributors. Preface. 1 Historical Perspective. 2 Concepts and Principles of Sequence Stratigraphy. 3 Seismic Stratigraphy. 4 Outcrop and Well Data. 5 Chronostratigraphic Charts. 6 Biostratigraphy. 7 Fluvial Systems. 8 Paralic Successions. 9 Deep-marine Clastic Systems. 10 Carbonate Systems. 11 Organic-rich Facies and Hydrocarbon Source Rocks. 12 Computer Modelling of Basin Fill. References. Index.