Continental Margin Sedimentation
Subtitle: From Sediment Transport to Sequence Stratigraphy (International Association Of Sedimentologists Series)
Contributors: Charles A. Nittrouer (Editor); James A. Austin (Editor); Michael E. Field (Editor); Joseph H. Kravitz (Editor); James P. M. Syvitski (Editor); Patricia L. Wiberg (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; Blackwell Pub. for the International Association of Sedimentologists
Published: July 31, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 560
ISBN-13: 9781405169349
Subjects: Stratigraphy; Science; Science/Mathematics; Science / Earth Sciences; Earth Sciences - Geology; Sedimentation and deposition; Sedimentology; Sequence stratigraphy
Description: "Continental Margin Sedimentation: From Sediment Transport to Sequence Strategraphy is designed to provide a research resource for scientists studying modern and ancient continental margins, and to be an educational text for advanced students in sedimentology and stratigraphy. It summarizes and integrates our understanding of sedimentary processes and strata associated with fluvial dispersal systems on continental shelves and slopes."--Jacket.