The Geology of Stratigraphic SequencesSequence stratigraphy represents a new paradigm in geology. The principal hypothesis is that stratigraphie successions may be subdivided into discrete sequences bounded by widespread unconformities. There are two parts to this hypothesis. First, it suggests that the driving forces which generate sequences and their bounding unconformities also generate predietable three-dimensional stratigraphies. In re cent years stratigraphie research guided by sequence models has brought about fundamental im provements in our understanding of stratigraphie processes and the controls of basin architecture. Sequence models have provided a powerful framework for mapping and numerieal modeling, enabling the science of stratigraphy to advance with rapid strides. This research has demonstrated the importance of a wide range of processes for the generation of cyclie sequences, including eustasy, tectonics, and orbital forcing of climate change. The main objective of this book is to document the sequence record and to discuss our current state of knowledge about sequence-generating processes. |
Contents
Methods for Studying Sequence Stratigraphy | 15 |
II | 37 |
4 | 48 |
5 | 54 |
4 | 60 |
5 | 66 |
The Stratigraphic Framework | 76 |
VI | 84 |
4 | 216 |
5 | 222 |
4 | 239 |
5 | 263 |
8 | 269 |
13 | 280 |
14 | 309 |
V | 322 |
Tectonostratigraphic Sequences | 98 |
4 | 115 |
6 | 125 |
8 | 134 |
3 | 141 |
4 | 157 |
6 | 167 |
7 | 179 |
LongTerm Eustasy and Epeirogeny | 185 |
4 | 199 |
3 | 210 |
3 | 331 |
4 | 357 |
16 | 363 |
4 | 372 |
Discussion and Conclusions | 373 |
4 | 379 |
1 | 385 |
5 | 391 |
405 | |
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Albian analysis architecture biostratigraphic biozones carbonate Cenozoic changes in sea chronostratigraphic clastic climate coastal onlap Coniacian continental margin correlation cratonic Cretaceous crust cyclicity cyclothems delta depositional systems discussed Eocene episodes erosion surfaces eustasy eustatic eustatic sea-level change example extensional Exxon Exxon chart Exxon global cycle facies flexural fluvial foreland basin Formation geological global cycle chart highstand indicate interpreted intraplate stress Jurassic lowstand major Miall Milankovitch Miocene North oceanic Oligocene PALEOCENE Paleozoic parasequences Phanerozoic Plint Posamentier processes progradation quence regional regressive relative sea relative sea-level reproduced by permission result rifting sand Sandstone Santonian scale sea-level curve sea-level rise Sect sediment supply sedimentary seismic sequence boundaries sequence stratigraphy shale shelf shoreface shown in Fig slope strata stratigraphic stratigraphic record subaerial subsidence succession supercontinent systems tract tectonic thermal thickness third-order tion transgression turbidite Turonian unconformities units uplift zone