Continental Margin Sedimentation - From Sediment Transport To Sequence Stratigraphy

This volume on continental margin sedimentation brings together an expert editorial and contributor team to create a state-of-the-art resource. Taking a global perspective, the book spans a range of timescales and content, ranging from how oceans tra nsport particles, to how thick rock sequences are formed on continental margins.Summarizes and integrates our understanding of sedimentary processes and strata associated with fluvial dispersal systems on continental shelves and slopesExplores times c ales ranging from particle transport at one extreme, to deep burial at the otherInsights are presented for margins in general, and with focus on a tectonically active margin (northern California) and a passive margin (New Jersey), enabling detailed e xamination of the intricate relationships between a wide suite of sedimentary processes and their preserved stratigraphyIncludes observational studies which document the processes and strata found on particular margins, in addition to numerical mo del s and laboratory experimentation, which provide a quantitative basis for extrapolation in time and space of insights about continental-margin sedimentationProvides a research resource for scientists studying modern and ancient margins, and an edu cati onal text for advanced students in sedimentology and stratigraphy.