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Sedimentary Basins

Evolution, Facies, and Sediment Budget

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  • Quantitative approach of basin dynamics
  • Contains a lot of figures
  • Most figures are specifically designed for the book
  • Contains aspects that are not dealt with in other books (e.g. diagenesis, sediment budget)
  • Contains boxes with most important conclusions

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
  2. Types of Sedimentary Basins

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
  3. Depositional Systems and Facies Models

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
    2. Continental Sediments

      • Gerhard Einsele
      Pages 19-93
    3. Sediments of Adjacent Seas and Estuaries

      • Gerhard Einsele
      Pages 166-181
    4. Oceanic Sediments

      • Gerhard Einsele
      Pages 182-248
    5. Special Depositional Environments and Sediments

      • Gerhard Einsele
      Pages 249-290
    6. Sequences, Minor Cycles, and Event Stratigraphy

      • Gerhard Einsele
      Pages 291-384
  4. Subsidence, Flux Rates, and Sediment Budget

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 385-385
    2. Subsidence

      • Gerhard Einsele
      Pages 387-413
  5. Basin Evolution

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 541-541
    2. Basin Evolution and Sediments

      • Gerhard Einsele
      Pages 543-643
  6. Diagenesis and Fluid Flow

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 645-645
    2. Mechanical and Chemical Diagenesis

      • Gerhard Einsele
      Pages 647-705
    3. Hydrocarbons and Coal

      • Gerhard Einsele
      Pages 706-727

About this book

The modem geological sciences are characterized by extraordinarily rapid prog­ ress, as well as by the development and application of numerous new and refined methods, most of them handling an enormous amount of data available from all the continents and oceans. Given this state of affairs, it searns inevitable that rnany students and profes­ sionals tend to become experts in relatively narrow fields and thereby are in danger of losing a broad view of current knowledge. The abundance of new books and symposium volumes testifies to this trend toward specialization. However, many geologie processes are complex and result from the interaction of many, seemingly unrelated, individual factors. This signifies that we still need generalists who have the broad overview and are able to evaluate the great variety of factors and pro­ ces ses controlling a geologie system, such as a sedimentary basin. In addition, this also means that cooperation with other disciplines in the natural sciences andengi­ neering is increasingly important. Modem text books providing this broad overview of the earth sciences are rare.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geology and Palaeontology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

    Gerhard Einsele

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