Peat depositional environments, the sites where and conditions under which peat
accumulates, significantly influence a resultant coal's physical properties, chemical …

Ancient fluvial valley systems are long recognized as important features in the stratigraphic
record, but emerged as a specific focus of attention with publication of first-generation …

Stratal stacking patterns provide the key to the definition of all units and surfaces of
sequence stratigraphy, in a manner that is independent of the interpretation of the …

It has been more than a decade since the appearance of the First Edition of this book. Much
progress has been made, but some controversies remain. The original ideas of Sloss and of …

Economic geology is a mixtum compositum of all geoscientific disciplines focused on one
goal, finding new mineral depsosits and enhancing their exploitation. The keystones of this …

Stratal stacking patterns provide the basis for the definition of all units and surfaces of
sequence stratigraphy. The same types of stacking patterns may be observed at different …

The Cenozoic fill of the Gulf of Mexico basin contains a continuous record of sediment
supply from the North American continental interior for the past 65 million years. Regional …

Mixed carbonate-siliciclastic systems are complex, and their development can sometimes be
difficult to understand, given the various responses to each sub-environment to specific …

Abstract Ten Barnett Shale lithofacies have been recognized in a 223-ft (68-m)-long core
from Johnson County, Texas. Eight of these lithofacies match those previously identified in …

There is a considerable controversy about whether western Amazonia was ever covered by
marine waters during the Miocene [23 to 5 Ma (million years ago)]. We investigated the …