
Eustasy, High-Frequency Sea Level Cycles and Habitat Heterogeneity
- 1st Edition - February 17, 2017
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Mu Ramkumar, David Menier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 2 7 2 0 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 2 7 2 1 - 6
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Request a sales quoteEustatic High-Frequency Sea Level Cycles and Habitat Heterogeneity: Basinal-Regional-Global Implications presents the current understanding and future directions of the research on Cretaceous sea level cycles in a single source. This reference work is for beginners, graduates, and postgraduates who are interested in the subject and intend to venture into serious research. This hybrid text/reference is for beginners, academics, and professionals who intend to document sea level dynamics on long and short time scales and resultant habitat and paleobiodiversity changes.
- Presents new and important regional geological knowledge with regard to the sedimentary basins of India
- Provides a one-stop-shop on high-frequency sea level cycles and fluctuations, and the impact created by tectonics and climatic cycles
- Contains reviews on the current status, case studies, and a look at future trends
The book is intended for those studying paleobiology, sedimentology, paleoenvironment and climate, sea level, sequence stratigraphy, and basin evolution studies, along with professionals across all disciplines involved in deep sea research
Chapter 1. Defining Habitat and Habitat Heterogeneity
- Abstract
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Definition of Habitat Heterogeneity
- 1.3 Definition of “Space” in Habitat
Chapter 2. Sequences, Sea-Level Cycles, and Habitat Dynamics
- Abstract
- 2.1 Sequences and Habitats
- 2.2 Sea-Level Fluctuations and Environmental Parameters
- 2.3 Environmental Perturbations and Habitat Changes
Chapter 3. Influence of Sea-Level on Facies and Habitat Heterogeneity
- Abstract
- 3.1 Depositional Systems as Defined by End-Members
- 3.2 Scales of Depositional Systems
- 3.3 Types of Depositional Systems
- 3.4 Facies Types as Proxies for Habitat Heterogeneity
Chapter 4. The Cauvery Basin of South India: A Test Case
- Abstract
- 4.1 Justification and Objectives
- 4.2 Regional Geological Setting
- 4.3 Material and Methods
- 4.4 Tectonic Structures
- 4.5 Lithofacies Succession and Distribution
- 4.6 Barremian–Danian Relative Sea-Level Fluctuations
- 4.7 Barremian–Danian Biotic Heterogeneity
Chapter 5. Depositional History and Habitat Heterogeneity
- Abstract
- 5.1 Tectonic Influence on Habitat Dynamics
- 5.2 Depositional History and Habitat Dynamics
Chapter 6. Proxies for Habitat Heterogeneity and Dynamics
- Abstract
- 6.1 Geochemical Indicators
- 6.2 Chemostratigraphy as a Proxy
- 6.3 Geochemical Proxies of Climate, Sea-Level, Sediment Influx
- 6.4 Facies as Proxy for Habitat Heterogeneity and Dynamics
Chapter 7. Implications and Future Trend
- Abstract
- 7.1 Biotic-Habitat Heterogeneity of the Cauvery Basin
- 7.2 Local–Regional–Global Implications
- 7.3 Future Trends and Recommendations
- Edition: 1
- Published: February 17, 2017
- No. of pages (Paperback): 102
- No. of pages (eBook): 102
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128127209
- eBook ISBN: 9780128127216
MR
Mu Ramkumar
DM
David Menier
He specializes in Seismic Stratigraphy, Sequence Stratigraphy and Sedimentology (both clastic and carbonate). He ran numerous shallow marine seismic surveys and coring campaigns along the French Atlantic passive margin coasts (Bay of Biscay) and the Strait of Malacca, where he was also chief scientist. He has worked in the field in Morocco, South Africa, and in Asia (West and East Malaysia). His research interest ranges from field scale process-oriented studies to large-scale models to explore how coastal and shelf systems respond to changes in relative sea level and climate.
He has published 3 books, about 120 papers, abstracts, in different national and international peer-reviewed journals. He serves as reviewer of 10 major geological journals. He is a recipient of a yearly bonus for scientific excellence (2009-2013 and 2015-2019) from Ministry of Higher Education and Research, France.