Orbital Forcing and Cyclic Sequences (Special Publication 19 of the IAS)

Classically orbital cycles have been recognized in pelagic andlacustrine sequences characterized by quiet sedimentation, notdisturbed by tectonics. Hoiwever, there is now increasingrecognition that orbital cycles do influence climate andoceanography in general terms. There is also increasing acceptanceof the possibility at least that the effect should be felt overlarge parts of the Earth's surface and that orbital cycles may wellleave signs in other sedimentary environments that are commonlyconsidered to be dominated by tectonics and eustasy. Containingthirty-one papers from a symposium held at the InternationalSedimentological Congress in Nottingham in 1990, this volume spansa range of topics from the astronomical theory behind orbitalforcing, to field studies dealing with a broad range of sedimentaryenvironments, and to modelling and simulation. * * State-of-the-art research papers. * International expert authorship. * The latest research in the highly topical subject of orbitalforcing.