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Temporal and Spatial Patterns in Carbonate Platforms

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  1. Gianni Galli
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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences (LNEARTH, volume 46)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

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  2. Introduction

    Pages 1-6

  3. Introduction

    Pages 7-11

  4. Facies belts

    Pages 12-40

  5. Geometries of intrashelf ramps

    Pages 41-50

  6. Sequence stratigraphy

    Pages 51-59

  7. Mechanisms of formation of onlap ramps

    Pages 60-68

  8. Fort Thompson formation, pleistocene, Florida platform

    Pages 69-96

  9. “Calcari Grigi” formation, Jurasic, Venetian Alps

    Pages 97-129

  10. Devonian carbonate platform, Carnic Alps, Italy

    Pages 130-148

  11. ‘Capo Rizzuto’ shoreline sequence, pleistocene

    Pages 149-153

  12. Computer simulation of clastic wedges

    Pages 155-180

  13. Slope carbonates (cretaceous-paleocene), Gargano massif

    Pages 181-222

  14. Middle triassic carbonate buildups, dolomites

    Pages 223-228

  15. Modal sequence

    Pages 230-232

  16. Short-term sea-level falls: An indicator of geoidal pulses?

    Pages 234-280

  17. Relativistic distribution of ‘sevent horizonsr’

    Pages 282-299

  18. Back Matter

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Combining field research of outcrop geology and investigating the recent formation of carbonate rocks in coastal environments the author gives an introduction in sequence stratigraphy. Using computer simulations the book focuses on four questions, regarding the geometry of carbonate wedges, sequences comparable with geotectonic cycles, their influence by geoidal pulses and the determination of these geoidal pulse distribution in geological time. Examples from the Alps and Florida show that ramps and divergent patterns, megabreccias, drowning of carbonate platforms etc. are results of global short-term sea level falls, interpreted as geoidal eustasy. This volume will be a fruitful supplement for the interpretation and understanding of sequence stratigraphic sections not only for scientists and students but also for researchers in the oil andgas industry.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Temporal and Spatial Patterns in Carbonate Platforms

  • Authors: Gianni Galli

  • Series Title: Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0011060

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1993

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-56231-3Published: 11 October 1993

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-47486-9Published: 22 November 2005

  • Series ISSN: 0930-0317

  • Series E-ISSN: 1613-2580

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 330

  • Number of Illustrations: 241 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Sedimentology, Geology, Earth Sciences, general

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