Fluvial Depositional Systems

• Main Author: Miall, Andrew (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Springer Geology
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Historical geology.; Sedimentology.; Earth Sciences.; Historical Geology.

The book summarizes methods of mapping and interpretation of fluvial depositional systems, with a detailed treatment of the tectonic, climatic and eustatic controls on fluvial depositional processes. It focuses on the preserved, ancient depositional record and emphasizes large-scale (basin-scale) de...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• The facies and architecture of fluvial systems
• Allogenic sedimentary controls
• Sequence stratigraphy
• Modern depositional systems
• Ancient depositional systems.