Sequence Stratigraphy of Foreland Basin Deposits: Outcrop & Subsurface Examples from the Cretaceous of North America (AAPG Memoir Serives No. 64) (Memoir Serives Vol 64) - Hardcover

J. C. Van Wagoner

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0891813438 ISBN 13: 9780891813439

Publisher: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 1995

Synopsis

A comprehensive collection of papers presenting the rapidly evolving opinions and viewpoints about sequence stratigraphy concepts and applications. Using the foreland basin setting as the common theme, the ideas presented here carry a much broader significance and can be applied to many other basin types. Also includes a glossary of sequence stratigraphy terms.

Winner of the 1997 Dott Award for best AAPG Special Publication

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Review

'In summary, this book is an invaluable addition to the sequence stratigrapher or indeed any geologist dealing with siliciclastic successions .... it provides a tremendously detailed reference which can be 'dipped into' time and time again.' --Gary Kirby, Episodes, Dec. 1996

Edition details

• Publisher: American Association of Petroleum Geologists
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0891813438
• ISBN 13: 9780891813439
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 490
• Editor: J. C. Van Wagoner, G. T. Bertran