Economic and Palaeoceanographic Significance of Contourite Deposits
Economic and Palaeoceanographic Significance of Contourite Deposits

Author: Geological Society of London

Publisher: Geological Society of London

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 9781862392267

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There has lately been a growth in the number and level of studies of contourite deposits. Most recent studies of contourites have two major lines of interest. One, propelled by the oil industry's continuous move into increasingly deep waters, concerns their economic significance. The other involves the stratigraphic/ palaeoceanographic record of ocean circulation changes imprinted on contourite deposits that can be a key to understanding better the climate-ocean connection. The application of many different theoretical, experimental and empirical resources provided by geophysics, sedimentology, geochemistry, petrology, scale modeling and field geology are used in the 16 papers of this volume, proposing answers to those two main aspects. The papers are subdivided into two major categories (economic interest and stratigraphic/palaeoceanographic significance), with case studies ranging from well-documented drifts to new examples of modern and fossil series, involving a large diversity of geographic and physiographic scenarios worldwide

South Pacific Sedimentary Basins
South Pacific Sedimentary Basins

Author: Peter F. Ballance

Publisher: Elsevier Publishing Company

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13:

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Hardbound. Sedimentary basins contain most of the extant record of the earth's history, and they provide us with most of our earth-sourced raw materials. Therefore their study is both scientifically and economically important. This book gives the first comprehensive coverage of sedimentary basins in the New Zealand region. Comprising 21 chapters by 32 authors, it discusses sedimentary basins ranging in age from Permian to Quaternary. The chapters are process- and topic-oriented. Three distinct basin-forming periods are covered: 1) Permian through Jurassic arc-related terranes; 2) Mid-Cretaceous through Oligocene extensional basins; 3) Neogene convergent margin basins.Resource scientists investigating sedimentary basins and all researchers working on basin-related topics will find this volume of interest.

Confined Turbidite Systems
Confined Turbidite Systems

Author: Simon A. Lomas

Publisher: Geological Society of London

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9781862391499

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This publication reflects a growing appreciation of the extent to which turbidite depositional system development is fundamentally affected by basin-floor topography. In the many turbidite and turbidite hydrocarbon reservoirs, depositional patterns have been moderately to strongly confined by pre-existing slopes. This volume examines aspects of sediment dispersal and accumulation in deep-water systems where sea-floor topography has exerted a decisive control on deposition, and explores the associated controls on hydrocarbon reservoir architecture and heterogeneity.