Diagenesis exerts a strong control on the quality and heterogeneity of most clastic
reservoirs. Variations in the distribution of diagenetic alterations usually accentuate the …

The lower shoreface provides the connection between the continental shelf and the
shoreline via its onshore transition called the upper shoreface. Lower shorefaces are …

Principles of Sequence Stratigraphy, Second Edition presents principles to practical
workflow that guide applications in a consistent manner that is independent of model …

Weathering involves chemical, physical, and biological processes, although chemical
processes are by far the most important. A brief summary of weathering processes is …

Sedimentary rocks contain the most important archive of environmental change through
earth history. They record changing climates, the movement of plates, and the rise and fall of …

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 …

Abstract The late Paleozoic Ice Age (LPIA) was one of Earth's most important Phanerozoic
climatic events lasting for over 100 Mys. Despite its importance, its history is controversial …

Whether the fossil record should be read at face value or whether it presents a distorted view
of the history of life is an argument seemingly as old as many fossils themselves. In the late …

Drawing on a combination of modern occurrences and likely ancient counterparts, this atlas
is a treatise of mat-related sedimentary features that one may expect to see in ancient …

Although much has been written on the subject of ancient Mediterranean harbours, the
relatively new area of harbour geoarchaeology remains dispersed in the geoscience and …