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Fluvial depositional systems /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miall, Andrew D.
Format: Printed Book
Published: Switzerland Springer 2014
Series:Springer geology
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The nature and purpose of this book
  • 2. The facies and architecture of fluvial systems
  • 3. Autogenic processes: Avulsion and architecture
  • 4. Basin mapping methods
  • 5. Allogenic sedimentary controls
  • 6. Sequence stratigraphy
  • 7. Large rivers and their depositional systems.