Sedimentary Basins: Evolution, Facies, and Sediment Budget

Front Matter....Pages I-X
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Basin Classification and Depositional Environments (Overview)....Pages 3-16
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
Continental Sediments....Pages 19-93
Coastal and Shallow Sea Sediments (Including Carbonates)....Pages 94-160
Sediments of Adjacent Seas and Estuaries....Pages 161-176
Oceanic Sediments....Pages 177-232
Special Depositional Environments and Sediments....Pages 233-270
Depositional Rhythms and Cyclic Sequences....Pages 271-310
Front Matter....Pages 311-311
Subsidence....Pages 313-344
Denudation: Solute Transport and Flux Rates of Terrigenous Material....Pages 345-384
Sedimentation Rates and Organic Matter in Various Depositional Environments....Pages 385-408
The Interplay Between Sediment Supply, Subsidence, and Basin Fill....Pages 409-426
Front Matter....Pages 427-427
Basin Evolution and Sediments....Pages 429-506
Front Matter....Pages 507-507
Mechanical and Chemical Diagenesis....Pages 509-556
Hydrocarbons and Coal....Pages 557-575
Back Matter....Pages 577-628