Deep Marine Systems

Processes, Deposits, Environments, Tectonics and Sedimentation

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Earth Sciences
Cover of the book Deep Marine Systems by Kevin T. Pickering, Richard N. Hiscott, Wiley
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Kevin T. Pickering, Richard N. Hiscott ISBN: 9781118865422
Publisher: Wiley Publication: October 23, 2015
Imprint: American Geophysical Union Language: English
Author: Kevin T. Pickering, Richard N. Hiscott
ISBN: 9781118865422
Publisher: Wiley
Publication: October 23, 2015
Imprint: American Geophysical Union
Language: English

Deep-water (below wave base) processes, although generally hidden from view, shape the sedimentary record of more than 65% of the Earth’s surface, including large parts of ancient mountain belts. This book aims to inform advanced-level undergraduate and postgraduate students, and professional Earth scientists with interests in physical oceanography and hydrocarbon exploration and production, about many of the important physical aspects of deep-water (mainly deep-marine) systems. The authors consider transport and deposition in the deep sea, trace-fossil assemblages, and facies stacking patterns as an archive of the underlying controls on deposit architecture (e.g., seismicity, climate change, autocyclicity). Topics include modern and ancient deep-water sedimentary environments, tectonic settings, and how basinal and extra-basinal processes generate the typical characteristics of basin slopes, submarine canyons, contourite mounds and drifts, submarine fans, basin floors and abyssal plains.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Deep-water (below wave base) processes, although generally hidden from view, shape the sedimentary record of more than 65% of the Earth’s surface, including large parts of ancient mountain belts. This book aims to inform advanced-level undergraduate and postgraduate students, and professional Earth scientists with interests in physical oceanography and hydrocarbon exploration and production, about many of the important physical aspects of deep-water (mainly deep-marine) systems. The authors consider transport and deposition in the deep sea, trace-fossil assemblages, and facies stacking patterns as an archive of the underlying controls on deposit architecture (e.g., seismicity, climate change, autocyclicity). Topics include modern and ancient deep-water sedimentary environments, tectonic settings, and how basinal and extra-basinal processes generate the typical characteristics of basin slopes, submarine canyons, contourite mounds and drifts, submarine fans, basin floors and abyssal plains.

More books from Wiley

Cover of the book From Frequency to Time-Average-Frequency by Kevin T. Pickering, Richard N. Hiscott
Cover of the book Software Project Management For Dummies by Kevin T. Pickering, Richard N. Hiscott
Cover of the book Infographics by Kevin T. Pickering, Richard N. Hiscott
Cover of the book Positive Academic Leadership by Kevin T. Pickering, Richard N. Hiscott
Cover of the book Live It Up Without Outliving Your Money! by Kevin T. Pickering, Richard N. Hiscott
Cover of the book Biological Psychiatry by Kevin T. Pickering, Richard N. Hiscott
Cover of the book The Elementary / Middle School Counselor's Survival Guide by Kevin T. Pickering, Richard N. Hiscott
Cover of the book Roitt's Essential Immunology by Kevin T. Pickering, Richard N. Hiscott
Cover of the book Destruction of Hazardous Chemicals in the Laboratory by Kevin T. Pickering, Richard N. Hiscott
Cover of the book Borderlands by Kevin T. Pickering, Richard N. Hiscott
Cover of the book Handbook of Formulating Dermal Applications by Kevin T. Pickering, Richard N. Hiscott
Cover of the book How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes by Kevin T. Pickering, Richard N. Hiscott
Cover of the book Robot Manipulator Redundancy Resolution by Kevin T. Pickering, Richard N. Hiscott
Cover of the book The Wiley Handbook of What Works in Child Maltreatment by Kevin T. Pickering, Richard N. Hiscott
Cover of the book Virtual Networks by Kevin T. Pickering, Richard N. Hiscott
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy