{"product_id":"tectonics-of-sedimentary-basins-isbn-9781405194655","title":"Tectonics of Sedimentary Basins","description":"Investigating the complex interplay between tectonics and sedimentation is a key endeavor in modern earth science. Many of the world's leading researchers in this field have been brought together in this volume to provide concise overviews of the current state of the subject.  \u003cp\u003eThe plate tectonic revolution of the 1960's provided the framework for detailed models on the structure of orogens and basins, summarized in a 1995 textbook edited by Busby and Ingersoll. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTectonics of Sedimentary Basins: Recent Advances\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e focuses on key topics or areas where the greatest strides forward have been made, while also providing on-line access to the comprehensive 1995 book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBreakthroughs in new techniques are described in \u003cb\u003eSection 1\u003c\/b\u003e, including detrital zircon geochronology, cosmogenic nuclide dating, magnetostratigraphy, 3-D seismic, and basin modelling. \u003cb\u003eSection 2\u003c\/b\u003e presents the new models for rift, post-rift, transtensional and strike slip basin settings. \u003cb\u003eSection 3\u003c\/b\u003e addresses the latest ideas in convergent margin tectonics, including the sedimentary record of subduction intiation and subduction, flat-slab subduction, and arc-continent collision; it then moves inboard to forearc basins and intra-arc basins, and ends with a series of papers formed under compessional strain regimes, as well as post-orogenic intramontane basins. \u003cb\u003eSection 4\u003c\/b\u003e examines the origin of plate interior basins, and the sedimentary record of supercontinent formation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is required reading for any advanced student or professional interested in sedimentology, plate tectonics, or petroleum geoscience.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdditional resources for this book can be found at: \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.wiley.com\/go\/busby\/sedimentarybasins\"\u003ewww.wiley.com\/go\/busby\/sedimentarybasins\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1: Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Tectonics of Sedimentary Basins, With Revised Nomenclature 3\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRaymond V. Ingersoll\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2: New Techniques and Modeling\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Detrital Zircon U-Pb Geochronology: Current Methods and New Opportunities 47\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGeorge Gehrels\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Terrestrial Cosmogenic Nuclide Techniques for Assessing Exposure History of Surfaces and Sediments in Active Tectonic Regions 63\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn C. Gosse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Magnetostratigraphic Methods and Applications 80\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGuillaume Dupont-Nivet and Wout Krijgsman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. 3d Seismic Interpretation Techniques: Applications to Basin Analysis 95\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristopher A-L. Jackson and Karla E. Kane\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Dispersal \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e Preservation of Tectonically Generated Alluvial Gravels in Sedimentary Basins 111\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePhilip A. Allen and Paul L. Heller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Source-To-Sink Sediment Volumes Within A Tectono-Stratigraphic Model For A Laramide Shelf-To-Deep-Water Basin: Methods And Results 131\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCristian Carvajal and Ron Steel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Modeling the Interaction Between Lithospheric And Surface Processes In Foreland Basins 152\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaniel Garcia-Castellanos and Sierd Cloetingh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 3: Rift, Post-Rift, Transtensional, and Strike-Slip Basin Settings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Continental Rift Basins: The East African Perspective 185\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCynthia Ebinger and Christopher A. Scholz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Influence of Sediment Input and Plate-Motion Obliquity on Basin Development Along An Active\u003cbr\u003e Oblique-Divergent Plate Boundary: Gulf Of California And Salton Trough 209\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRebecca J. Dorsey And Paul J. Umhoefer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Active Transtensional Intracontinental Basins: Walker Lane in the Western Great Basin 226\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAngela S. Jayko and Marcus Bursik\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Post-Rift Deformation of The North East and South Atlantic Margins: Are “Passive Margins” Really Passive? 249\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDouglas Paton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. The Impact Of Early Cretaceous Deformation On Deposition In The Passive-Margin Scotian Basin, Offshore Eastern Canada 270\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGeorgia Pe-Piper And David J.W. Piper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 4: Convergent Margins: Subduction And Collision, From Outboard To Inboard Settings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Sedimentation At Plate Boundaries In Transition 291\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKathleen M. Marsaglia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Evolution of Sedimentary Environments in the Subduction Zone Of Southwest Japan: Recent Results From The Nantroseize Kumano Transect 310\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael B. Underwood and Gregory F. Moore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Modification of Continental Forearc Basins By Flat-Slab Subduction Processes: A Case Study From Southern Alaska 327\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKenneth D. Ridgway, Jeffrey M. Trop and Emily S. Finzel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Basins in Arc-Continent Collisions 347\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAmy E. Draut and Peter D. Clift\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. The Pampa Del Tamarugal Forearc Basin in Northern Chile: The Interaction of Tectonics and Climate 369\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter Nester and Teresa Jordan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. Extensional and Transtensional Continental Arc Basins: Case Studies From The Southwestern United States 382\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCathy J. Busby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. Foreland Basin Systems Revisited: Variations in Response to Tectonic Settings 405\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter G. Decelles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. Cenozoic Evolution of Hinterland Basins in the Andes and Tibet 427\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBrian K. Horton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22. Basin Response To Active Extension And Strike-Slip Deformation In The Hinterland Of The Tibetan Plateau 445\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael H. Taylor, Paul A. Kapp, And Brian K. Horton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23. The Betic Intramontane Basins (Se Spain): Stratigraphy, Subsidence, and Tectonic History 461\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJose´ Rodri´Guez-Ferna´Ndez, Antonio Azor, and Jose´ Miguel Azan˜o´N\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24. Dynamic Relationship Between Subsidence, Sedimentation, And Unconformities In Mid-Cretaceous, Shallow-Marine Strata Of The Western Canada Foreland Basin: Links To Cordilleran Tectonics 480\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA. Guy Plint, Aditya Tyagi, Phil J.A. Mccausland, Jessica R. Krawetz (Nee Rylaarsdam), Heng  Zhang, Xavier Roca, Bogdan L. Varban, Y. Greg Hu, Michael A. Kreitner And Michael J. Hay\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25. Structural, Geomorphic, And Depositional Characteristics Of Contiguous And Broken Foreland Basins: Examples From The Eastern Flanks Of The Central Andes In Bolivia And Nw Argentina 508\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eManfred R. Strecker, George E. Hilley, Bodo Bookhagen, And Edward R. Sobel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26. Thrust Wedge\/Foreland Basin Systems 522\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHugh Sinclair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27. 2d Kinematic Models of Growth Fault-Related Folds in Contractional Settings 538\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJosep Poblet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 5: Plate Interior Basins and Widespread Basin Types\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28. Plate Interior Poly-Phase Basins 567\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCari L. Johnson and Bradley D. Ritts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29. The Great Grenvillian Sedimentation Episode: Record of Supercontinent Rodinia’s Assembly 583\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert Rainbird, Peter Cawood and George Gehrels\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30. Cratonic Basins 602\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePhilip A. Allen and John J. Armitage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31. Endorheic Basins 621\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGary Nichols\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 633\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“Both advanced students and professional geologists should have this book at hand.” (\u003ci\u003eGeologos\u003c\/i\u003e, 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eCathy Busby\u003c\/b\u003e got her BS from Berkeley and her PhD from Princeton University, both in Geological Sciences. She mainly works on upper crustal rocks, combining stratigraphy, structural geology, geochronology, geochemistry and paleomagnetics to solve tectonic problems. Her papers also include process-oriented studies in submarine and subaaerial volcanism, clastic depositional systems, and economic geology. Her research support has come from geothermal and gold exploration industries, as well as the petroleum industry, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the National Science Foundation.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAntonio Azor\u003c\/b\u003e: Full Professor in Structural Geology and Tectonic Geomorphology at the Department of Geodynamics of the University of Granada (Spain). Research fields of interest: Structural Geology and Tectonics, Active Tectonics, Tectonic Geomorphology, Regional Geology of the Late Palaeozoic Variscan Orogen and the Alpine Betic Cordillera.\u003c\/p\u003e  Investigating the complex interplay between tectonics and sedimentation is a key endeavor in modern earth science. Many of the world's leading researchers in this field have been brought together in this volume to provide concise overviews of the current state of the subject.  \u003cp\u003eThe plate tectonic revolution of the 1960's provided the framework for detailed models on the structure of orogens and basins, summarized in a 1995 textbook edited by Busby and Ingersoll. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTectonics of Sedimentary Basins: Recent Advances\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e focuses on key topics or areas where the greatest strides forward have been made, while also providing on-line access to the comprehensive 1995 book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBreakthroughs in new techniques are described in \u003cb\u003eSection 1\u003c\/b\u003e, including detrital zircon geochronology, cosmogenic nuclide dating, magnetostratigraphy, 3-D seismic, and basin modelling. \u003cb\u003eSection 2\u003c\/b\u003e presents the new models for rift, post-rift, transtensional and strike slip basin settings. \u003cb\u003eSection 3\u003c\/b\u003e addresses the latest ideas in convergent margin tectonics, including the sedimentary record of subduction intiation and subduction, flat-slab subduction, and arc-continent collision; it then moves inboard to forearc basins and intra-arc basins, and ends with a series of papers formed under compessional strain regimes, as well as post-orogenic intramontane basins. \u003cb\u003eSection 4\u003c\/b\u003e examines the origin of plate interior basins, and the sedimentary record of supercontinent formation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is required reading for any advanced student or professional interested in sedimentology, plate tectonics, or petroleum geoscience.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990141878501,"sku":"NP9781405194655","price":184.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405194655.jpg?v=1761786664","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/tectonics-of-sedimentary-basins-isbn-9781405194655","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}