
Quantitative Methods in Stratigraphy
A Multi-Proxy Palaeoenvironmental Analysis of Outcrop and Core Data
- 1st Edition - February 1, 2026
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Author: Ondřej Bábek
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 1 5 3 8 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 1 5 3 9 - 1
Quantitative Methods in Stratigraphy: A Multi-Proxy Palaeoenvironmental Analysis of Outcrop and Core Data explores the current advances in technology, offering a wide range of… Read more
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Quantitative Methods in Stratigraphy: A Multi-Proxy Palaeoenvironmental Analysis of Outcrop and Core Data explores the current advances in technology, offering a wide range of quantitative geophysical, geochemical, and spectral methods, which are less expensive, timesaving, and often non-destructive. The book first outlines the main principles and applications of stratigraphy and paleoenvironmental analysis. Chapters then work methodically through quantitative data in stratigraphy, gamma-ray methods, magnetic susceptibility and magnetometry, and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. Near infrared (NIR) and Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy as well as energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) spectroscopy are reviewed in- depth.
With the wide range of now affordable quantitative methods, high-resolution sampling, and large datasets available across strata, outcrop research can offer unprecedented potential for outcrop-to-core-to-well log correlation, and subsequent (paleo)environmental analysis while keeping data reproducibility at a high level.
This book serves as a useful reference guide for geoscientists, academicians, and researchers, helping them keep pace with advances in technology and instrumentation and conduct state-of-the-art research in geosciences.
- Overviews non-traditional instrumental methods which dust off the traditional discipline of stratigraphy
- Provides a practical reference guide on state-of-the-art geoscience research while using rapid and inexpensive techniques
- Covers a wide range of methods and applications, independent of time and scale, that are suitable for readers from both academy and industry
2. Stratigraphy: main principles and applications
3. Stratigraphic and palaeoenvironmental analysis
4. Quantitative data in stratigraphy
5. Gamma-ray methods
6. Magnetic susceptibility and magnetometry
7. Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy
8. Near Infrared (NIR) / Fourier-Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy
9. Energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) spectroscopy
10. Statistical analysis of multi-proxy stratigraphic data
11. Case studies of multi-proxy analysis
- Edition: 1
- Published: February 1, 2026
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
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