Unlocking the stratigraphical record : advances in modern stratigraphy / edited by Peter Doyle and Matthew R. Bennett

Published: Chichester ; New York : J. Wiley, [1998]
Copyright Date: ©1998
Physical Description: viii, 532 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Additional Creators: Doyle, Peter and Bennett, Matthew (Matthew R.)

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Contents

Introduction: unlocking the stratigraphical record / Peter Doyle and Matthew R. Bennett -- Lithostratigraphy: principles and practice / Beris M. Cox and Michael G. Sumbler -- Remote sensing and lithostratigraphy / M. Andrew Bussell -- Field interpretation of complex tectonic areas / Paula J. Carey -- Evolutionary concepts in biostratigraphy / Paul N. Pearson -- Event stratigraphy: recognition and interpretation of sedimentary event horizons / Gerhard Einsele -- Cyclostratigraphy / Andrew S. Gale -- Strontium isotope stratigraphy / John M. McArthur -- Borehole data and geophysical log stratigraphy / Alf Whittaker -- Principles of seismic stratigraphy / Alf Whittaker -- Sequence stratigraphy / Stephen J. Vincent, David I.M. Macdonald and Peter Gutteridge -- Stratigraphical applications of radiogenic isotope geochemistry / Malcolm J. Hole -- Chronostratigraphy (global standard stratigraphy): a personal perspective / Charles H. Holland -- Interpreting the record: facies analysis / Duncan Pirrie -- Interpreting sea level / Anthony Hallam -- Interpreting palaeoenvironments from fossils / Peter Doyle and Matthew R. Bennett -- Interpreting palaeoclimates / Jane E. Francis -- Interpreting orogenic belts: principles and examples / David A.T. Harper.

Subject(s)

Geology, Stratigraphic

ISBN

0471974633 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
0471977667 (cloth : acid-free paper)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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