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Eustasy, high-frequency sea level cycles and habitat heterogeneity /

Eustatic High-Frequency Sea Level Cycles and Habitat Heterogeneity: Basinal-Regional-Global Implications presents the current understanding and future directions of the research on Cretaceous sea level cycles in a single source. This reference work is for beginners, graduates, and postgraduates who...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Ramkumar, Mu (Autor), Menier, David (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Kidlington ; Cambridge, MA : Elsevier, 2017.
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  • Front Cover; Eustasy, High-Frequency Sea-Level Cycles and Habitat Heterogeneity; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Defining Habitat and Habitat Heterogeneity; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Definition of Habitat Heterogeneity; 1.3 Definition of "Space" in Habitat; 2 Sequences, Sea-Level Cycles, and Habitat Dynamics; 2.1 Sequences and Habitats; 2.2 Sea-Level Fluctuations and Environmental Parameters; 2.3 Environmental Perturbations and Habitat Changes; 3 Influence of Sea-Level on Facies and Habitat Heterogeneity; 3.1 Depositional Systems as Defined by End-Members.
  • 3.2 Scales of Depositional Systems3.3 Types of Depositional Systems; 3.4 Facies Types as Proxies for Habitat Heterogeneity; 4 The Cauvery Basin of South India: A Test Case; 4.1 Justification and Objectives; 4.2 Regional Geological Setting; 4.3 Material and Methods; 4.4 Tectonic Structures; 4.5 Lithofacies Succession and Distribution; 4.6 Barremian-Danian Relative Sea-Level Fluctuations; 4.7 Barremian-Danian Biotic Heterogeneity; 5 Depositional History and Habitat Heterogeneity; 5.1 Tectonic Influence on Habitat Dynamics; 5.2 Depositional History and Habitat Dynamics.
  • 6 Proxies for Habitat Heterogeneity and Dynamics6.1 Geochemical Indicators; 6.2 Chemostratigraphy as a Proxy; 6.3 Geochemical Proxies of Climate, Sea-Level, Sediment Influx; 6.4 Facies as Proxy for Habitat Heterogeneity and Dynamics; 7 Implications and Future Trend; 7.1 Biotic-Habitat Heterogeneity of the Cauvery Basin; 7.2 Local-Regional-Global Implications; 7.3 Future Trends and Recommendations; References; Back Cover.