Preface | |
Writing a Rosetta stone: insights into continental-margin sedimentary processes and strata | |
Introduction | |
The boundary conditions | |
The common threads | |
Sediment delivery | |
Sediment alteration | |
Sediment dispersal system | |
Seabed failure | |
Gravity flows | |
Margin morphology | |
Margin stratigraphy | |
Conclusions | |
Acknowledgements | |
References | |
Sediment delivery to the seabed on continental margins | |
Introduction | |
Review of previous work | |
Sediment delivery to the Eel margin | |
Summary and conclusion | |
Acknowledgements | |
Nomenclature | |
References | |
Post-depositional alteration and preservation of sedimentary strata | |
Introduction and scope | |
Consolidation | |
Physical alteration | |
Biological alteration | |
Preservation | |
Summary | |
Acknowledgements | |
Nomenclature | |
References | |
Oceanic dispersal and accumulation of river sediment | |
Introduction | |
Quantifying sedimentary processes | |
The northern California margin | |
Sediment production and coastal delivery | |
Sediment transort and accumulation | |
Sedimentation patterns and rates | |
Sediment budgets of dispersal systems | |
Conclusions | |
Acknowledgements | |
Nomenclature | |
References | |
Submarine mass movements on continental margins | |
Introduction | |
Historic development of understanding | |
Classification | |
Environments | |
Fjords | |
Active river deltas on the continental shelf | |
Submarine canyon-fan systems | |
The open continental slope | |
Statistics of submarine landslides | |
Mechanics of slope failure | |
Pore-water pressure | |
Sediment mobilization and strength loss | |
Triggers | |
Contributions to submarine landslide research from the strataform program | |
Summary | |
Acknowledgements | |
Nomenclature | |
References | |
The mechanics of marine sediment gravity flows | |
Introduction | |
Turbidity currents | |
Debris flows | |
Wave-supported sediment gravity flows | |
Origin and transformation of sediment gravity flows | |
Conclusions | |
Acknowledgements | |
List of nomenclature | |
References | |
Seascape evolution on clastic continental shelves and slopes | |
Introduction | |
Background | |
Processes governing shelf width and slope relief | |
Processes that form the shelf profile | |
Processes that act to limit the slope of the continental slope | |
Processes that create submarine canyons and slope gullies | |
Future research | |
Acknowledgments | |
References | |
The long-term stratigraphic record on continental margins | |
Introduction | |
Analysing the long-term record | |
The Eel River basin | |
The New Jersey margin | |
Summary | |
Acknowledgements | |
References | |
Prediction of margin stratigraphy | |
Introduction | |
Component sed-strat modules | |
Integrated models | |
Seismic models | |
The way forward | |
Acknowledgements | |
Nomenclature | |
References | |
Index | |
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