Tectonic and eustatic controls on sedimentary cycles / edited by John M. Dennison and Frank R. Ettensohn.

Other author Dennison, John M.
Other author Ettensohn, Frank R.
Other author SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology). Eastern Section. Eastern Section.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoTulsa, Okla. : SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology), ©1994.
Description1 online resource (iii, 264 pages) : illustrations.
Supplemental ContentGeoScienceWorld
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SeriesConcepts in sedimentology and paleontology ; v. 4
Concepts in sedimentology and paleontology v. 4. ^A310446
Summary The collected volume begins with a brief perspective by one of the conveners, followed by articles in order of increasing stratigraphic age. Eustatic sea-level changes and tectonic warpings of basins are competing mechanisms for explaining many stratigraphic patterns. The model for sea-level changes should be developed first for a basin, since it is allocyclic and leads to a series of time bands in the strata. The residual effects should then be modeled for tectonic patterns affecting the depositional processes. Doing the reverse limits time constraints on the tectonic warping models and will blur the resolution of detailed time surfaces in the strata. Case histories of situations with both tectonic warping and time surfaces marked by sea-level events will lead to improved interpretations of earth history.
General notePapers from a special session for the Eastern SEPM meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, on March 16, 1991.
General noteConference proceedings.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Spec. audience char. Specialized.
Source of descriptionDescription based on print version record.
Issued in other formPrint version : 9781565760172
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