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Principles of Stratigraphy

Book information

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2004
ISBN
1-4051-1164-X, 9781405111645
Open Library ID
OL8405156M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
124 MB (130343923 bytes)
Pages
340\352
Topic
Geology
Library
mexmat
Time added
2009-11-09 02:42:13

Description

Principles of Stratigraphy reaffirms the vital importance of stratigraphy to the earth sciences, and introduces the undergraduate to its key elements in a lively and interesting fashion.In Part I the author outlines key concepts including the foundations of sedimentology and sedimentary environments. Part II elucidates the basic principles of stratigraphic analysis, while Part III shows how stratigraphy is used in understanding sedimentary basin evolution, the interplay between tectonics and sedimentation, paleoenvironmental reconstruction, paleoclimatology, and the geologic history of other planets. There is also a chapter devoted to "problem" periods in earth history, where both the strengths and limitations of stratigraphic methods are illustrated.

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