TY - BOOK AU - Miall, Andrew D. TI - The geology of stratigraphic sequences SN - 3540593489 AV - QE651 .M46 1997 U1 - 551.7 20 PY - 1997/// CY - Berlin ; New York PB - Springer KW - Geology, Stratigraphic N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; I; Review of Current Concepts; 1; Introduction; 2; Methods for Studying Sequence Stratigraphy; 3; The Four Basis Types of Stratigraphic Cycle; 4; The Basic Sequence Model; 5; The Global Cycle Chart --; II; The Stratigraphic Framework; 6; Cycles with Episodicities of Tens to Hundreds of Millions of Years; 7; Cycles with Million-Year Episodicities; 8; Cycles with Episodicities of Less Than One Million Years --; III; Mechanisms; 9; Long Term Eustasy and Epeirogeny; 10; Milankovitch Processes; 11; Tectonic Mechanisms --; IV; Chronostratigraphy and Correlation: Why the Global Cycle Chart Should Be Abandoned; 12; Time in Sequence Stratigraphy; 13; Correlation, and the Potential for Error; 14; Sea-Level Curves Compared --; V; Approaches to a Modern Sequence-Stratigraphic Framework; 15; Elaboration of the Basic Sequence Model; 16; Numerical and Graphical Modeling of Sequences --; VI; Discussion and Conclusions; 17; Implications for Petroleum Geology; 18; Conclusions and Recommendations ER -