Unlocking the Stratigraphical Record

Stratigraphy is the key to understanding the geological evolution of the earth. It provides the framework for our interpretation of the sequences of events which have shaped the earth throughout its 4600 million years of existence. It provides the timescale with which we can determine the relative order of these events, and it provides the means whereby we can calibrate this using absolute ages in years. Stratigraphy is therefore the most fundamental subject in the science of geology, and all geologists are practising stratigraphers. Traditionally, however, stratigraphy has been considered as a Victorian science, a ponderous process of the naming and cataloguing of innumerable geological units most of which are of limited interest outside of a given geographical region. This view has been challenged in recent years through the development of new techniques such as sequence stratigraphy, cyclostratigraphy and chemostratigraphy which have greatly enhanced our capability to interpret earth history. In this book many of the leading practitioners of modern stratigraphy have been gathered together to provide up--to--date and authoritative reviews of most of the important advances in the subject. As such it is the only volume to provide a comprehensive treatment of modern stratigraphy at an advanced undergraduate level.

ISBN 0471974633   Pages 542 ISBN13 9780471974635 (What's this?)   Volumes 000 Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd   Weight (grammes) 960 Imprint John Wiley & Sons Ltd   Published in Chichester Format Paperback   Height (mm) 239 Publication date 23 Jan 1998   Width (mm) 166 Library of Congress QE651.U55   Spine width (mm) 31 DEWEY 551.7   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC21

		Contributing Authors
		Preface
1		Introduction: Unlocking the Stratigraphical Record by Peter Doyle and Matthew R. Bennett		1
2		Lithostratigraphy: Principles and Practice by Beris M. Cox and Michael G. Sumbler		11
3		Remote Sensing and Lithostratigraphy by M. Andrew Bussell		29
4		Field Interpretation of Complex Tectonic Areas by Paula J. Carey		81
5		Evolutionary Concepts in Biostratigraphy by Paul N. Pearson		123
6		Event Stratigraphy: Recognition and Interpretation of Sedimentary Event Horizons by Gerhard Einsele		145
7		Cyclostratigraphy by Andrew S. Gale		195
8		Strontium Isotope Stratigraphy by John M. McArthur		221
9		Borehole Data and Geophysical Log Stratigraphy by Alf Whittaker		243
10		Principles of Seismic Stratigraphy by Alf Whittaker		275
11		Sequence Stratigraphy by Stephen J. Vincent and David I. M. Macdonald and Peter Gutteridge		299
12		Stratigraphical Applications of Radiogenic Isotope Geochemistry by Malcolm J. Hole		351
13		Chronostratigraphy (Global Standard Stratigraphy): A Personal Perspective by Charles H. Holland		383
14		Interpreting the Record: Facies Analysis by Duncan Pirrie		395
15		Interpreting Sea Level by Anthony Hallam		421
16		Interpreting Palaeoenvironments from Fossils by Peter Doyle and Matthew R. Bennett		441
17		Interpreting Palaeoclimates by Jane E. Francis		471
18		Interpreting Orogenic Belts: Principles and Examples by David A. T. Harper		491
		Index		525

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