Full Title: Eustasy: The Historical Ups and Downs of a Major Geological Concept
Editor: Robert H. Dott, Jr.
Eustasy, or worldwide change of sea level, is a significant concept which had its historical beginnings in the flood myths of ancient civilizations. Nine chapters in this volume discuss the history of eustasy from the 18th century ideas of neptunism to the 20th century thought of Chamberlin and Grabau as well as the idea of cyclothems to the modern perspective of sequence stratigraphy. The final chapter ponders the difficulty of distinguishing an unambiguous eustatic signal from others reflected in the stratigraphic record.
Published: 12/01/1992
ISBN Number: 0-8137-1180-0
Pages: 120
Product Category: EBooks