Stratigraphy: the modern synthesis

AD Miall - Stratigraphy: A modern synthesis, 2022 - Springer
Stratigraphy is defined as the study of layered rocks. In the context of sedimentary geology in
general, and of this book in particular, stratigraphy is the discipline that pulls everything …

A 40Ar/39Ar and U–Pb timescale for the Cretaceous Western Interior Basin, North America

BS Singer, BR Jicha, DA Sawyer… - Geological Society …, 2025 - lyellcollection.org
Improvements in analytical procedures in parallel with intercalibration of 40Ar/39Ar and U–
Pb methods and laboratories, spurred since 2003 by the EarthTime geochronology …

Paralic sedimentology of the Mussentuchit Member coastal plain, Cedar Mountain Formation, central Utah, USA

RT Tucker, CA Suarez… - Journal of …, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Although intensified work on the volcaniclastic-rich sediments of the fossil-bearing
Mussentuchit Member (uppermost Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah) has provided a refined …

Storm‐flood‐dominated delta: a new type of delta in stormy oceans

W Lin, JP Bhattacharya - Sedimentology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Storms are increasingly identified as a key depositional process. Their deposits show
unique sedimentary characteristics, distinct from deposits of fair‐weather wave processes …

Probable concretions observed in the Shenandoah Formation of Jezero Crater, Mars and comparison with terrestrial analogs

H Kalucha, A Broz, N Randazzo… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover imaged diagenetic textural features in four
separate sedimentary units in its exploration of the 25‐m‐thick Shenandoah formation at …

Sedimentology and stratigraphy of the Cenomanian Buda Limestone in central Texas, USA: Implications on regional and global depositional controls

FL Valencia, JC Laya, LA Buatois, MG Mángano… - Cretaceous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Cenomanian Buda Limestone is a distinctive rock formation widely distributed
in Texas and its neighboring regions. The extensive character and regional significance of …

Trans-Atlantic correlation of Late Cretaceous high-frequency sea-level cycles

AG Plint, D Uličný, S Čech, I Walaszczyk… - Earth and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
Previous studies of Cretaceous sedimentary rocks have used multi-proxy correlation
methods to suggest eustatic change, modulated by the c. 400 kyr long eccentricity rhythm …

Depositional environments and controls on the stratigraphic architecture of the Cenomanian Buda Limestone in west Texas, USA

FL Valencia, LA Buatois, JC Laya, MG Mángano… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Cenomanian Buda Limestone is a widespread coccolith-rich carbonate unit
deposited on the Comanche Shelf of the Texas Gulf Coast Basin. This formation is a key …

The stratigraphy machine

AD Miall, JM Holbrook… - Journal of …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
There is a significant difference between the average sedimentation rate of a lengthy
stratigraphic section spanning many millions of years, and the rate that can be calculated …

[HTML][HTML] Models of organic enrichment in epicontinental basins: Applications of a large organic geochemical dataset from the Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway

LJ Robinson, JH Whiteside - Cretaceous Research, 2022 - Elsevier
This study provides a new data synthesis and interpretation of organic enrichment models
within the Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway (WIS), an archetypal restricted epicontinental …