InhaltsangabeContents 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 Figures 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 Sealevel estimation from paleoshorelines and other fixed points 3.7 Documentation of metre-scale cycles 3.8 Integrated tectonic-stratigraphic analysis Figures 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 Tables Figures 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 Figures 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 Arcrelated basins 6.3.1 Forearc basins 6.3.2 Backarc basins 6.4 Cyclothems and mesothems 6.6 Conclusions Figures 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 PreNeogene marine carbonate and clastic cycles 7.4 Late Paleozoic cyclothems 7.5 Lacustrine clastic and chemical rhythms 7.6 Highfrequency cycles in foreland basins 7.7 Main conclusions Figures Part III MECHANISMS 8 SUMMARY OF SEQUENCE-GENERATING MECHANISMS

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Contents 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 Figures 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 Figures 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 Tables Figures 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 Figures 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 Figures 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 Figures Part III MECHANISMS 8 SUMMARY OF SEQUENCE-GENERATING MECHANISMS Figures 9 LONG-TERM EUSTASY AND EPEIROGENY 9.1 Mantle processes and dynamic ...