The Geology of Stratigraphic Sequences

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