Aminostratigraphy of semi-enclosed basins
Journal: Research Online (University of Wollongong)
Year: 2012

Estimates on the extent of time-averaging and age-mixing in sediments from semi-enclosed shallow marine systems (deltas, aggrading clastic shelves, and carbonate platforms) are sparse. Yet, semi-enclosed basins are particularly important for palaeoclimatic studies, because they commonly retain proxy evidence related to oscillations in the level of the sea, at both local (relative) and global (eustatic) scales. However, an accurate and realistic chronology of semi-enclosed basins can be especiall