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OverviewThe book summarizes about 40 years of the author’s research on sedimentary geology in an epicontinental (shelf) sea during the Late Jurassic in northern Switzerland. It presents a synopsis of the interplay of varying paleoclimate, of sea level variations, of varying water depth, of sea floor topography, of vertical and lateral facies changes, of processes of sedimentation like aggradation and progradation, of compaction, of the great regional differences in rates of sedimentation and in isostatic equilibration of the lithosphere under load, and of concomitant synsedimentary tectonics. Regional variation in isostatic adjustment of the lithosphere to the increasing load of sediments is analyzed by means of time correlations based on a detailed biochronology of ammonites in combination with mineral stratigraphy using the comparatively stable clay mineral kaolinite, and with sequence stratigraphy. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Reinhart A. GygiPublisher: Birkhauser Verlag AG Imprint: Birkhauser Verlag AG Edition: 2012 Dimensions: Width: 21.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 27.90cm Weight: 0.820kg ISBN: 9783034801355ISBN 10: 3034801351 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 21 December 2012 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1 Previous Work.- 2 What can be measured, calculated, or be quantified by comparison.- 3 Paleogeography and paleoclimate.- 4 Sedimentation.- 5 Sea level variations.- 6 Hermatypic coral assemblages: growth form, spatial distribution, and paleobathymetry.- 7 Age and time correlation of sediments.- 8 Rates of sedimentation varying between positive (net), zero, and negative (erosion).- 9 Subsidence.- 10 Synsedimentary tectonics.- 11 Discussion and conclusions.- 12 Main conclusions.- References.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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