Principles of Sedimentary Deposits Stratigraphy and Sedimentology - Softcover

Friedman, Gerald M.; Kopaska-Merkel, David C.

 
9780023173400: Principles of Sedimentary Deposits Stratigraphy and Sedimentology

Synopsis

This follow-up to "Principles of Sedimentology" is suitable for graduates and includes key topics such as sea-level plate tectonics, vertical tectonics, diagenesis, process sedimentology, control on sedimentation, basin analysis, and seismic stratigraphy and sequence stratigraphy. There is also a chapter devoted to extraterrestrial forcing which discusses topics such as planetary orbits, Milankovitch climatic factors, the sun's orbit, and the cyclic aspects of oceanic tides.

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