Sediment Flux to Basins: Causes, Controls and Consequences
Product code: SP191
Print publication date: 10/04/2002
Geological Society of London, GSL Special Publications, Earth Materials Deposits and Petrology, Sedimentology, Reduced while stocks last
Type: Book (Hardback)
Binding: Hardback
ISBN: 9781862390959
Author/Edited by: Edited by Stuart J.Jones (University of Durham, UK) and Lynne E. Frostick (University of Hull, UK)
Weight: 0.95kg
Number of pages: 300
Lyell Collection URL: https://www.lyellcollection.org/toc/sp/191/1
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There is an increasing trend in the Earth sciences towards the integration of many subdisciplines. The sedimentary basin, is a fundamental focal point of many studies, which as a consequence often neglects the complimentary drainage basin or catchment. Sedimentary basins provide a record of Earth history, reflecting the geographical, lithological, oceanographic and ecological development through the rock record. Drainage basins in comparison record ephemeral landscape evolution, where topography is eroded and provides the flux of sediment to the basin. The basin fill reflects the sediment flux from the hinterland and provides evidence of the dynamic geomorphic processes. In context the drainage system and sedimentary basin can be regarded as a ‘production line’ with the sedimentary record giving valuable insight into long-term landscape evolution and geomorphological processes illuminating the evolution of sedimentary basins. This volume assesses the current position of understanding sediment supply to basins with the integration of the many sub-disciplines in the Earth sciences. It documents a mix of hinterland and sedimentary basin studies with a gradation from orogenic belts to the deep marine. The authors represent a wide spectrum of Earth scientists, with leaders in the science providing review papers and new-directive papers in their field of specialization.
Introduction S J Jones L E Frostick Cenozoic sedimentation and tectonics in Borneo: climatic influences on orogenesis R Hall G Nichols Quantification of river-capture-induced base-level changes and landscape developments, Sorbas Basin, SE Spain M Stokes A E Mather A M Harvey Tectonic control on changes in sediment supply: Quaternary alluvial systems, Koros sub-basin, SE Hungary E Thamo-Bozso Z Kercsmar A Nador Filling and cannibalization of a foredeep: the bradanic trough (Southern Italy) M Tropeano L Sabato P Pieri Impact of Periodicity on Sediment Flux in Alluvial Systems: Grain to Basin Scale L E Frostick S J Jones Sediment budgeting techniques in gravel bed rivers P A Brewer D G Passmore Annual sediment budgets in an unstable gravel bed river: the River Coquet, northern England I C Fuller D G Passmore G L Heritage A R G Large P A Brewer D J Milan Tracer pebble entrainment and deposition loci: influence of flow character and implications for riffle-pool maintenance D J Milan G L Heritage A R G Large Drainage basin structure, sediment delivery and the response to environmental change K Richards A fractionation model for sediment delivery J C Tipper Transverse rivers draining the Spanish Pyrenees: large scale petternsof sediment erosion and deposition S J Jones Process-based modelling of the climate forcing of fluvial sediment flux: some examples and a discussion of optimal model complexity P W Bogaart R T Van Balen J Vandenberghe C Kasse The flux of siliciclastic sediment from the Iberian Peninsula with particular reference to the Ebro G Evans A Arche The history of sediment flux to Atchafalaya Bay, Louisiana J McManus Fluviatile sediment fluxes to the Mediterranean Sea: a quantitative approach and the influence of dams S E Poulos M B Collins Sediment fluxes and the evolution of a riverine-supplied tectonically active coastal system: Kyparissiakos Gulf, Ionian Sea (eastern Mediterranean) S E Poulos G Voulgaris V Kapsimalis G Evans Late Quaternary turbitide input into the east Mediterranean Basin: new radiocarbon constraints on climate and sea-level control M S Reeder D A V Stow R G Rothwell
