Continental Margin Sedimentation || Front Matter

✍ Scribed by Nittrouer, Charles A.; Austin, James A.; Field, Michael E.; Kravitz, Joseph H.; Syvitski, James P. M.; Wiberg, Patricia L.

• Book ID: 101400411
• Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 245 KB
• Edition: 1
• Category: Article
• ISBN: 1405169346
• DOI: 10.1002/9781444304398.fmatter

✦ Synopsis

Continental Margin Sedimentation: From Sediment Transport To Sequence Strategraphy Is Designed To Provide A Research Resource For Scientists Studying Modern And Ancient Continental Margins, And To Be An Educational Text For Advanced Students In Sedimentology And Stratigraphy. It Summarizes And Integrates Our Understanding Of Sedimentary Processes And Strata Associated With Fluvial Dispersal Systems On Continental Shelves And Slopes.--jacket. Writing A Rosetta Stone : Insights Into Continental-margin Sedimentary Processes And Strata -- Sediment Delivery To The Seabed On Continental Margins -- Post-depositional Alteration And Preservation Of Sedimentary Strata -- Oceanic Dispersal And Accumulation Of River Sediment -- Submarine Mass Movements On Continental Margins -- The Mechanics Of Marine Sediment Gravity Flows -- Seascape Evolution On Clastic Continental Shelves And Slopes -- The Long-term Stratigraphic Record On Continental Margins -- Prediction Of Margin Stratigraphy. Edited By C.a. Nittrouer ... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.