Miall A.D. The Geology of Stratigraphic Sequences

Springer, 1997, 1st Edition. - p.433Review of Current ConceptsMethods for Studying Sequence Stratigraphy
The Four Basic Types of Stratigraphic Cycle
The Basic Sequence Model
The Global Cycle Chart
Cycles with Episodicities of Tens to Hundreds of Millions of Years
Cycles with Million-Year Episodicities
Cycles with Episodicities of Less Than One Million Years
Mechanisms
Long-term Eustasy and Epeirogeny
Milankovitch Processes
Tectonic Mechanisms
Chronostratigraphy and Correlation: Why the Global Cycle Chart Should be Abandoned
Time in Sequence Stratigraphy
Correlation, and the Potential for Error
Sea-Level Curves Compared
Approaches to a Modern Sequence-Stratigraphic Framework
Elaboration of the Basic Sequence Model
Numerical and Graphical Modeling of Sequences
Discussion and Conclusions
Implications for Petroleum Geology
Conclusions and RecommendationsAuthor Index
Subject Index