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Quantitative Geology of Late Jurassic Epicontinental Sediments in the Jura Mountains of Switzerland

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Authors:
  1. Reinhart A. Gygi

    1. Zürich, Switzerland

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  • Overview of the author's work on sedimentary geology during the Late Jurassic in Switzerland

  • Clear presentation and illustration of the data

  • A regional stratigraphic study of rare comprehensiveness and thoroughness

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-v
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  2. Previous Work

    • Reinhart A. Gygi
    Pages 9-23

  3. What Can Be Measured, Calculated, or Quantified by Comparison

    • Reinhart A. Gygi
    Pages 25-33

  4. Paleogeography and Paleoclimate

    • Reinhart A. Gygi
    Pages 35-39

  5. Sedimentation

    • Reinhart A. Gygi
    Pages 41-106

  6. Sea Level Variations

    • Reinhart A. Gygi
    Pages 107-125

  7. Hermatypic Coral Assemblages: Growth Form, Spatial Distribution, and Paleobathymetry

    • Reinhart A. Gygi
    Pages 127-130

  8. Age and Time Correlation of Sediments

    • Reinhart A. Gygi
    Pages 131-150

  9. Rates of Sedimentation Varying Between Positive (Net), Zero, and Negative (Erosion)

    • Reinhart A. Gygi
    Pages 151-159

  10. Subsidence

    • Reinhart A. Gygi
    Pages 161-163

  11. Synsedimentary Tectonics

    • Reinhart A. Gygi
    Pages 165-167

  12. Discussion and Conclusions

    • Reinhart A. Gygi
    Pages 169-190

  13. Main Conclusions

    • Reinhart A. Gygi
    Pages 191-202

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 203-216
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About this book

The 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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Zürich, Switzerland

    Reinhart A. Gygi

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Quantitative Geology of Late Jurassic Epicontinental Sediments in the Jura Mountains of Switzerland

  • Authors: Reinhart A. Gygi

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-0136-2

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Basel 2012

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-0348-0135-5Published: 21 December 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-0348-0136-2Published: 22 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: V, 216

  • Number of Illustrations: 48 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Geology, Sedimentology, Quantitative Geology

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