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

• Main Author: Gygi, Reinhart A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel : Springer Basel : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2012.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geology.; Geology > Statistical methods.; Sedimentology.; Earth Sciences.; Quantitative Geology.

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 topogra...