Quantitative Geology of Late Jurassic Epicontinental Sediments in the Jura Mountains of Switzerland
Author:   Reinhart A. Gygi
Publisher:   Birkhauser Verlag AG
Edition:   2012
ISBN:  

9783034801355


Pages:   216
Publication Date:   21 December 2012
Format:   Hardback
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Quantitative Geology of Late Jurassic Epicontinental Sediments in the Jura Mountains of Switzerland


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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 topography, of vertical and lateral facies changes, of processes of sedimentation like aggradation and progradation, of compaction, of the great regional differences in rates of sedimentation and in isostatic equilibration of the lithosphere under load, and of concomitant synsedimentary tectonics. Regional variation in isostatic adjustment of the lithosphere to the increasing load of sediments is analyzed by means of time correlations based on a detailed biochronology of ammonites in combination with mineral stratigraphy using the comparatively stable clay mineral kaolinite, and with sequence stratigraphy.

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Author:   Reinhart A. Gygi
Publisher:   Birkhauser Verlag AG
Imprint:   Birkhauser Verlag AG
Edition:   2012
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   0.820kg
ISBN:  

9783034801355


ISBN 10:   3034801351
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   21 December 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1 Previous Work.- 2 What can be measured, calculated, or be quantified by comparison.- 3 Paleogeography and paleoclimate.- 4 Sedimentation.- 5 Sea level variations.- 6 Hermatypic coral assemblages: growth form, spatial distribution, and paleobathymetry.- 7 Age and time correlation of sediments.- 8 Rates of sedimentation varying between positive (net), zero, and negative (erosion).- 9 Subsidence.- 10 Synsedimentary tectonics.- 11 Discussion and conclusions.- 12 Main conclusions.- References.

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