Cyclic Development Of Sedimentary Basins

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Cyclic Development of Sedimentary Basins presents the controversial subject of the cyclic phenomena in the earth's evolutionary history and its reflection in the development of sedimentary basins and its lithic infillings. Galactic rotation of celestial bodies causes cyclicity that is also reflected on a smaller scale in the proper Earth. This book presents the consequences of the earth's cyclic phenomena in the long-term cycles which affect the origin and further evolution of sedimentary basins.* Basin development* Cyclicity* Examples from the world

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DEVELOPMENTS IN SEDIMENTOLOGY 57 CYCLIC DEVELOPMENT OF SEDIMENTARY BASINS This page intentionally left blank DEVELOPMENTS IN SEDIMENTOLOGY 57 CYCLIC DEVELOPMENT OF SEDIMENTARY BASINS Ja n n e s M. Ma b e s o o n e a n d Vi r g I´ nio H. Ne u m a n n C/O Laborat O´ rio G e o l o g i a S edimentar Departamento Geologia Un iv e rsi da de F e d e r a l d e P e r n a m b u c o Av. A cad Eˆ m i c o H E´ l i o R amos, s /n C id ade U n i v e r s i t A˜ r i a 50741-530 Recife (pe) Bra zil s e r i e s e d i t o r : A.J. van L o o n Amsterdam − Boston − Heidelberg − London − New York − Oxford Paris − San Diego − San Francisco − Singapore − Sydney − Tokyo ELSEVIER B.V. Radarweg 29 P.O. Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam The Netherlands ELSEVIER Inc. 525 B Street, Suite 1900 San Diego, CA 92101-4495 USA ELSEVIER Ltd The Boulevard, Langford Lane Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB UK ELSEVIER Ltd. 84 Theobalds Road London WC1X 8RR UK ß 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. This work is protected under copyright by Elsevier B.V., and the following terms and conditions apply to its use: Photocopying Single photocopies of single chapters may be made for personal use as allowed by national copyright laws. Permission of the Publis