Principles of Tidal Sedimentology (eBook)

Richard A. Davis Jr., Robert W. Dalrymple (Herausgeber)

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2011 | 2012
XV, 621 Seiten
Springer Netherland (Verlag)
978-94-007-0123-6 (ISBN)

Infos

This book presents a comprehensive, contemporary review of tidal environments and deposits.  Individual chapters, each written by world-class experts, cover the full spectrum of coastal, shallow-marine and even deep-marine settings where tidal action influences or controls sediment movement and deposition. Both siliciclastic and carbonate deposits are covered. Various chapters examine the dynamics of sediment transport by tides, and the morphodynamics of tidal systems. Several chapters explore the occurrence of tidal deposits in the stratigraphic context of entire sedimentary basins. 

This book is essential reading for both coastal geologists and managers, and geologists interested in extracting hydrocarbons from complex tidal successions.

Richard A. Davis, Jr., is Distinguished Professor Emeritus, with 40 years of teaching experience, last 32 years at University of South Florida, USA. He has been visiting professor at many universities. He authored and edited 14 books (2 of them for Springer) and numerous publications. He is a member of Geological Society of America, the Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM), and American Shore and Beach Preservation Association. His major specialization is coastal geology, especially barrier islands systems, inlets, tidal environments and beaches.

Inhalt

Preface1.Tidal Constituents of Modern and Ancient Tidal Rhythmites: Criteria for Recognition and Analysis2. Principles of Sediment Transport Applicable in Tidal Environments3. Tidal Signatures and Their Preservation Potential in Stratigraphic Sequences4. Tidal Ichnology5. Processes, Morphodynamics and Faces of Tide-Dominated Estuaries6.Stratigraphy of Tide-Dominated Estuaries7. Tide-Dominated Deltas8. Salt Marsh Sedimentation9. Open Coast Tidal Flats10. Siliclastic Back-Barrier Tidal Flats11. Tidal Channels on Tidal Flats and Marshes12. Morphology and Facies Architecture of Tidal Inlets and Tidal Deltas13. Shallow-Marine Tidal Deposits14. Deep-Water Tidal Sedimentology15. Precambrian Tidal Facies16. Hypertidal Facies from the Pennsylvanian Period: East and West Interior Coal Basins, USA17. Tidal Deposits of the Campanian Western Interior Seaway (WIS), Wyoming, Utah and Colorado, USA18. Contrasting Styles of Siliciclastic Tidal Deposits in Developing Thrust Sheet-Top-Basins - the Lower Eocene of the Central Pyrenees (Spain)19. Holocene Tidal Flats20. Tidal Sands of the Bahamas Archipelago21. Ancient Carbonate TidalitesIndex.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.10.2011
• Zusatzinfo: XV, 621 p. 423 illus., 231 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: Dordrecht
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Limnologie / Meeresbiologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: barrier islands • Carbonate • Coastal • Estuaries • marine and freshwater sciences • Mineral Resources • Sedimentology • Tidal
• ISBN-10: 94-007-0123-3 / 9400701233
• ISBN-13: 978-94-007-0123-6 / 9789400701236