Principles of sequence stratigraphy/ Octavian Catuneanu.

Other Titles: Developments in Sedimentology

Front cover; title page -- Copyright page -- Preface -- Table of contents -- 2. Methods of sequence stratigraphic analysis -- Introduction -- Facies analysis: outcrops, core, and modern analogues -- Well logs -- Age determination techniques -- 3. Accommodation and shoreline shifts; introduction -- Allogenic controls on sedimentation -- Shoreline trajectories -- 4. Stratigraphic surfaces -- Introduction; types of stratal terminations -- Sequence stratigraphic surfaces -- 5 Systems tracts -- introduction -- highstand systems tract -- falling-stage systems tract -- Lowstand systems tract; transgressive systems tract regressive systems tractlow- and high-accommodation systems tracts -- 6. Sequence models -- Introduction; types of stratigraphic sequences -- Sequences in fluvial systems -- Sequences in coastal to shallow- water clastic systems -- Sequences in deep-water clastic systems -- Sequences in carbonate systems -- 7. Time attributes of stratigraphic surfaces -- Introduction; shoreline shifts, grading, and bathymetry -- 8. Hierarchy of sequences and sequence boundaries -- Introduction -- Hierarchy system based on cycle duration (boundary frequency) -- Hierarchy system based on the magnitude of base-level changes -- Discussion -- 9. Discussion and conclusions fundamental principles -- Precambrian -- phanerozoic; sequence stratigraphy; moving forward toward standardizing sequence stratigraphy; concluding remarks -- References; indices -- Author index -- Subject index