Continental Margin Sedimentation: From Sediment Transport to Sequence StratigraphyISBN: 978-1-4051-6934-9
Hardcover
560 pages
July 2007, Wiley-Blackwell
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This volume on continental margin sedimentation brings together an
expert editorial and contributor team to create a state-of-the-art
resource. Taking a global perspective, the book spans a range of
timescales and content, ranging from how oceans transport
particles, to how thick rock sequences are formed on continental
margins.
- Summarizes and integrates our understanding of sedimentary processes and strata associated with fluvial dispersal systems on continental shelves and slopes
- Explores timescales ranging from particle transport at one extreme, to deep burial at the other
- Insights are presented for margins in general, and with focus on a tectonically active margin (northern California) and a passive margin (New Jersey), enabling detailed examination of the intricate relationships between a wide suite of sedimentary processes and their preserved stratigraphy
- Includes observational studies which document the processes and strata found on particular margins, in addition to numerical models and laboratory experimentation, which provide a quantitative basis for extrapolation in time and space of insights about continental-margin sedimentation
- Provides a research resource for scientists studying modern and ancient margins, and an educational text for advanced students in sedimentology and stratigraphy