Temporal and Spatial Patterns in Carbonate Platforms

Combining field research of outcrop geology and
investigating the recent      formation of carbonate rocks in
coastal environments the author gives an      introduction in
sequence stratigraphy. Using computer simulations the         book
focuses on four questions, regarding the geometry of
carbonate      wedges, sequences comparable with geotectonic
cycles, their influence by      geoidal pulses and the
determination of these geoidal pulse distribution      in
geological time. Examples from the Alps and Florida show
that ramps   and divergent patterns, megabreccias, drowning of
carbonate platforms etc.   are results of global short-term
sea level falls, interpreted as geoidal      eustasy.
This volume will be a fruitful supplement for                                 the
interpretation and understanding of sequence stratigraphic
sections not only for scientists and students but also for
researchers in the oil andgas industry.