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Einsele, Gerhard

Sedimentary basins: evolution, facies, and sediment budget / Gerhard Einsele. - 2nd rev. ed. - Berlin ; Springer, 2000. - xi, 792 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [729]-779) and index.

Part I Types of Sedimentary Basins
1 Basin Classification and Depositional Environments

Part II Depositional Systems and Facies Models
2 Continental Sediments
3 Coastal and Shallow Sea Sediments (Including Carbonates)
4 Sediments of Adjacent Seas and Estuaries
5 Oceanic Sediments
6 Special Depositional Environments and Sediments
7 Sequences, Minor Cycles, and Event Stratigraphy

Part III Subsidence, Flux Rates, and Sediment Budget
8 Subsidence
9 Denudation: Solute Transport and Flux Rates of Terrigenous Sediment
10 Sedimentation Rates and Organic Matter in Various Depositional Environments
11 The Interplay Between Sediment Supply, Subsidence, and Basin Fill

Part IV Basin Evolution
12 Basin Evolution and Sediments

Part V Diagenesis and Fluid Flow
13 Mechanical and Chemical Diagenesis
14 Hydrocarbons and Coal

ISBN: 354066193X

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Sedimentary basins
Sedimentation and deposition
Facies (Geology)

Dewey Class. No.: 551.44 / EIN/S