The Geology of Stratigraphic Sequences

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Front Matter....Pages I-XV Front Matter....Pages 1-2 Introduction....Pages 3-13 Methods for Studying Sequence Stratigraphy....Pages 15-48 The Four Basic Types of Stratigraphic Cycle....Pages 49-56 The Basic Sequence Model....Pages 57-69 The Global Cycle Chart....Pages 71-75 Front Matter....Pages 77-78 Cycles with Episodicities of Tens to Hundreds of Millions of Years....Pages 79-98 Cycles with Million-Year Episodicities....Pages 99-138 Cycles with Episodicities of Less Than One Million Years....Pages 139-182 Front Matter....Pages 183-184 Long-Term Eustasy and Epeirogeny....Pages 185-199 Milankovitch Processes....Pages 201-223 Tectonic Mechanisms....Pages 225-270 Front Matter....Pages 271-272 Time in Sequence Stratigraphy....Pages 273-279 Correlation, and the Potential for Error....Pages 281-307 Sea-Level Curves Compared....Pages 309-321 Front Matter....Pages 323-324 Elaboration of the Basic Sequence Model....Pages 325-363 Numerical and Graphical Modeling of Sequences....Pages 365-372 Front Matter....Pages 373-374 Implications for Petroleum Geology....Pages 375-384 Conclusions and Recommendations....Pages 385-396 Back Matter....Pages 397-435