Paleocurrents and Basin Analysis

ISBN-13: 9783642618895 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 460 str.

P. E. Potter; F. J. Pettijohn

Opis

The study of paleocurrents, since 1963, is now a very routine part of sedimentology, and more and more such studies are finding use in other fields. Thus it seemed appropriate for us to review post-1963 developments and present them in a compact manner for the interested reader. Instead of rewriting a second edition, which thirteen years later we would organize in a completely dif ferent way, we have brought each chapter up to date with new material up to 1976. A new update supplement has in this edition been inserted after each one of the original chapters. We have stayed close to the original theme of paleocurrents-how to measure them and how to use them to solve geological problems ranging in scale from the hand specimen to the sedimentary basin and beyond. We have used many annotated references and tables to help pre sent this information to the reader. The reader will note that we have cited a few 1962 references - pUblications that appeared too late to be cited in the original 1963 edition. A few times we have also cited a reference which was included in the first edition. These are marked with an asterisk and hence do not appear in the new lists of references. We have been aided by many. In Cincinnati, WANDA OSBORNE and JEAN CARROL did typing and RICHARD SPOHN, the University's geological librarian, was very helpful in obtaining many references to the literature."

Spis treści

1. Introduction.- 2/I. History of Paleocurrent Investigations up to 1963.- 2/II. History of Paleocurrent Investigations (1963–1976).- 3/I. Fabrics and Geophysical Properties up to 1963.- 3/II. Fabrics and Geophysical Properties (1963–1976).- 4/I. Cross-Bedding and Ripple Marks up to 1963.- 4/II. Cross-Bedding and Ripple Marks (1963–1976).- 5/I. Linear Structures up to 1963.- 5/II. Linear Structures (1963–1976).- 6/I. Deformational Structures up to 1963.- 6/II. Deformational Structures (1963–1976).- 7/I. Internal Directional Structures and Shape of Sedimentary Bodies up to 1963.- 7/II. Internal Directional Structures and Shape of Sedimentary Bodies (1963–1976).- 8/I. Dispersal and Current Systems up to 1963.- 8/II. Dispersal and Current Systems (1963–1976).- 9/I. Basin Analysis and the Sedimentary Model up to 1963.- 9/II. Basin Analysis and the Sedimentary Model (1963–1976).- 10/I. Methods of Study up to 1963.- 10/II. Methods of Study (1963–1976).- Author Index.- Plate Captions.- The Plates.