Sequence Stratigraphy and Facies Associations

Copyright © 1993 The International Association of Sedimentologists

Sequence Stratigraphy and Facies Associations

Editor(s): Henry W. Posamentier, Colin P. Summerhayes, Bilal U. Haq, George P. Allen

Published Online: 15 APR 2009

Print ISBN: 9780632035489

Online ISBN: 9781444304015

DOI: 10.1002/9781444304015

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Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–xi)

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      Colour Plates (pages c1–c3)

  3. Sequence-Stratigraphic Concepts and Principles

    1. An Overview of Sequence-Stratigraphic Concepts: Uses and Abuses (pages 1–18)

      H. W. Posamentier and D. P. James

    2. Modelling Passive Margin Sequence Stratigraphy (pages 19–41)

      M. S. Steckler, D. J. Reynolds, B. J. Coakley, B. A. Swift and R. Jarrard

    3. The Effects of Rate of Base-Level Fluctuation on Coastal-Plain, Shelf and Slope Depositional Systems: An Experimental Approach (pages 43–53)

      L. J. Wood, F. G. Ethridge and S. A. Schumm

    4. High-Resolution Sequence Architecture: A Chronostratigraphic Model Based on Equilibrium Profile Studies (pages 55–68)

      D. Nummedal, G. W. Riley and P. L. Templet

    5. Incised Valleys in the Pleistocene Tenryugawa and Oigawa Coastal-Fan Systems, Central Japan: The Concept of the Fan-Valley Interval (pages 69–92)

      T. Muto

    6. Deep-Sea Response to Eustatic Change and Significance of Gas Hydrates for Continental Margin Stratigraphy (pages 93–106)

      B. U. Haq

  4. Sequence-Stratigraphic Methods and Tools

    1. Foraminifera Indicators of Systems Tracts and Global Unconformities (pages 107–123)

      J. Rey, R. Cubaynes, A. Qajoun and C. Ruget

    2. The Expression and Interpretation of Marine Flooding Surfaces and Erosional Surfaces in Core; Examples from the Upper Cretaceous Dunvegan Formation, Alberta Foreland Basin, Canada (pages 125–160)

      J. P. Bhattacharya

    3. Sequence Stratigraphy in Coastal Environments: Sedimentology and Palynofacies of the Miocene in Central Tunisia (pages 161–179)

      T. J. A. Blondel, G. E. Gorin and R. Jan Du Chene

  5. Quaternary Applications of Sequence-Stratigraphic Concepts

    1. Late Pleistocene Shelf-Perched Lowstand Wedges on the Rhône Continental Shelf (pages 181–196)

      M. Tesson, G. P. Allen and C. Ravenne

    2. Late-Quaternary Transgressive and Highstand Deposits of a Deltaic Shelf (Rhône Delta, France) (pages 197–211)

      B. Gensous, D. Williamson and M. Tesson

    3. Seismic Stratigraphy of Quaternary Stacked Progradational Sequences in the Southwest Japan Forearc: An Example of Fourth-Order Sequences in an Active Margin (pages 213–232)

      Y. Okamura and P. Blum

  6. Pre-Quaternary Applications of Sequence-Stratigraphic Concepts - Europe

    1. The Devonian–Boundary in Southern Belgium: Biostratigraphic Identification Criteria of Sequence Boundaries (pages 233–246)

      M. Van Steenwinkel

    2. Namurian (Late Carboniferous) Depositional Systems of the Craven-Area, Northern England: Implications for Sequence-Stratigraphic Models (pages 247–281)

      O. J. Martinsen

    3. Sequence Stratigraphy of the Clansayesian (Uppermost Aptian) Formations in the Western Pyrenees (France) (pages 283–294)

      J. L. Lenoble and J. Canérot

    4. Allochthonous Deep-Water Carbonates and Relative Sea-Level Changes: The Upper Jurassic-Cretaceous of Southeast France (pages 295–305)

      G. Dromart, S. Ferry and F. Atrops

    5. Sequence Stratigraphy of Carbonate Shelves with an Example from the Mid-Cretaceous (Urgonian) of Southeast France (pages 307–341)

      D. Hunt and M. E. Tucker

    6. Sedimentary Evolution and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Upper Jurassic in the Central Iberian Chain, Northeast Spain (pages 343–368)

      M. Aurell and A. Meléndez

    7. Shelf-to-Basin Palaeocene Palaeogeography and Depositional Sequences, Western Pyrenees, North Spain (pages 369–395)

      V. Pujalte, S. Robles, A. Robador, J. I. Baceta and X. Orue-Etxebarria

    8. Sequence Stratigraphy of Carbonate Ramps: Systems Tracts, Models and Application to the Muschelkalk Carbonate Platforms of Eastern Spain (pages 397–415)

      M. E. Tucker, F. Calvet and D. Hunt

  7. Pre-Quaternary Applications of Sequence-Stratigraphic Concepts - Greenland

    1. Cyclic Sedimentation in a Large Wave- and Storm-Dominated Anoxic Lake; Kap Stewart Formation (Rhaetian-Sinemurian), Jameson Land, East Greenland (pages 417–448)

      G. Dam and F. Surlyk

  8. Pre-Quaternary Applications of Sequence-Stratigraphic Concepts - North America

    1. Origin of an Erosion Surface in Shoreface Sandstones of the Kakwa Member (Upper Cretaceous Cardium Formation, Canada): Importance for Reconstruction of Stratal Geometry and Depositional History (pages 449–467)

      B. S. Hart and A. G. Plint

    2. Sequence-Stratigraphic Analysis of Viking Formation Lowstand Beach Deposits at Joarcam Field, Alberta, Canada (pages 469–485)

      H. W. Posamentier and C. J. Chamberlain

    3. Limits on Late Ordovician Eustatic Sea-Level Change from Carbonate Shelf Sequences: An Example from Anticosti Island, Quebec (pages 487–499)

      D. G. F. Long

    4. The Effect of Tectonic and Eustatic Cycles on Accommodation and Sequence-Stratigraphic Framework in the Upper Cretaceous Foreland Basin of Southwestern Wyoming (pages 501–520)

      W. J. Devlin, K. W. Rudolph, C. A. Shaw and K. D. Ehman

    5. The Sequence-Stratigraphic Significance of Erosive-Based Shoreface Sequences in the Cretaceous Mesaverde Group of Northwestern Colorado (pages 521–535)

      D. F. Hadley and T. Elliott

    6. Sequence Stratigraphy of the Onshore Palaeogene, Southeastern Atlantic Coastal Plain, USA (pages 537–561)

      W. B. Harris, V. A. Zullo and R. A. Laws

    7. The Use of Sequence Stratigraphy to Gain New Insights into Stratigraphic Relationships in the Upper Cretaceous of the US Gulf Coast (pages 563–577)

      A. D. Donovan

  9. Pre-Quaternary Applications of Sequence-Stratigraphic Concepts - Australia

    1. Seismic Stratigraphy and Passive-Margin Evolution of the Southern Exmouth Plateau (pages 579–603)

      R. Boyd, P. Williamson and B. U. Haq

    2. Application of Sequence Stratigraphy in an Intracratonic Setting, Amadeus Basin, Central Australia (pages 605–631)

      J. F. Lindsay, J. M. Kennard and P. N. Southgate

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      Index (pages 633–644)

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