Sedimentation of Organic Particles

ISBN: 9780521675505 出版年：1994 页码：558 Alfred Traverse Cambridge University Press

Part I. Introduction: 1. Sedimentation of palynomorphs and palynodebris: an introduction Part II. Studies of Palynosedimentation in Modern Environments: A. Palynomorph sedimentation 2. The sorting of spores and pollen by water: experimental and field evidence 3. Transport and deposition of pollen in an estuary: signature of the landscape 4. Pollen preservation in alkaline soils of the American Southwest 5. Wind and water transport and sedimentation of miospores along two rivers subject to major floods and entering the Mediterranean Sea at Calvi (Corsica, France) 6. Sedimentation of land-derived palynomorphs in the Trinity-Galveston Bay area, Texas B. Palynofacies and palynodebris sedimentation 7. The genesis and sedimentation of phytoclasts with examples from coastal environments 8. Palynofacies of some recent marine sediments: the role of transportation 9. Maceral palynofacies of the Louisiana deltaic plain in terms of organic constituents and hydrocarbon potential 10. Organic sedimentation in a carbonate region 11. An approach to a standard terminology for palynodebris 12. Relationships of palynofacies to coal-depositional environments of the upper Paleocene of the Gulf Coast basin, Texas, and the Powder River basin, Montana and Wyoming Part III. Reconstruction of Late Cenozoic Vegetation and Sedimentary Environments from Palynological Data: 13. Quaternary terrestrial sediments and spatial scale: the limits to interpretation 14. Pollen and spores in Quaternary lake sediments as sensors of vegetation composition: theoretical models and empirical evidence 15. Paleoecological interpretation of the Trail Ridge sequence, and related deposits in Georgia and Florida, based on pollen sedimentation and clastic sedimentology Part IV. Application of Data on Palynosedimentation to Solution of Geological Problems: A. Sedimentary cycles: 16. Polynology of sedimentary cycles B. Sequence stratigraphy and sedimentation of organic particles 17. Particulate organic matter, maceral facies models, and applications to sequence stratigraphy C. Quantitative methods and applications thereof 18. Association of palynomorphs and palynodebris with depositional environments: quantitative approaches 19. A quantitative approach to Triassic palynology: the Lettenkeuper of the Germanic Basin as an example 20. Palynomorph concentration in studies of Paleogene nonmarine depositional environments of Wyoming D. Specific examples of applications 21. Multivariate analyses of palynomorph data 22. Relationships between depositional environments and changes in palynofloras across the K-T boundary interval 23. Sedimentation of palynomorphs in rocks of pre-Devonian age Part V. Appendix: modern pollen transport and sedimentation: an annotated bibliography.