Data Sources
Research Symposium at Annual Meeting> San
Antonio, April 1989 (Miall and Tyler 1991).
9. Fourth international conference on fluvial sedi�
mentology> Barcelona> International Associa�
tion of Sedimentologists, October 1989 (Marzo
and Puigdefabregas 1993).
10. Braided rivers: form, process and economic applications; special two-day meeting> Geological
Society of London, May 1992 (Best and Bristow
1993).
11. Fifth International Conference on Fluvial Sedimentology, Brisbane, july 1993 (Fielding 1993a).
12. Alluvial Basin. European Research Conference,
Lunteren, The Netherlands, September 1994 (no
proceedings).
These proceedings volumes represent a substantial body of literature and an essential basis for a
fluvial library, to which must be added various
books, course notes, and review articles. Summaries
of progress in research were provided in several of
the edited volumes (Miall 1983a, 1987; Fielding
1993b; Bristow and Best 1993). Important review
articles include those by Cant (1982), Rust and
Koster (1984), Walker and Cant (1984), Bridge (1985,
1993b), Collinson (1986), Miall (1992a), Zaitlin et al.
(1994), and Shanley and McCabe (1994). Books that
contain valuable syntheses of fluvial sedimentology
include those by Turner (1980), Galloway and
Hobday (1983), Nilsen (1985), and Rachocki and
Church (1990), although none of these use the architectural approach that forms the basis of this book.
Short courses by Miall (1981a), Flores (1983a), and
Flores et al. (1985) provide useful summaries of fluvial sedimentary processes, but are now largely out
of date.
A noticeable characteristic of the First International Symposium on Fluvial Sedimentology (Miall
1978a) was the presentation of several detailed attempts to build suites of facies models (Friend 1978;
Miall 1978c; Rust 1978b; Cant 1978; Boothroyd and
Nummedal 1978; Heward 1978a), and several other
papers providing critiques of the facies model concept (Jackson 1978; Collinson 1978). None of the
subsequent symposia have yielded the same focused
examination of the facies model idea. The paper by
Friend (1983) at the Keele meeting, providing a classification of channel architecture, is the only post1977 symposium paper to attempt a generalized,
theoretical examination of fluvial facies models. Several nonsymposium papers providing critiques of
the ideas in this area include Miall (1980, 1985) and
Bridge (1985). Many symposium papers and indi3
vidual journal articles have contained proposals for
new facies models or variants on existing ones.
Bridge (1985, 1993b) developed a different approach,
building theoretical models from flume experiments
and dynamic studies of modern rivers.
All the symposia have included large numbers of
case studies. Many of these, especially those presented at the second international meeting in Keele
(Collinson and Lewin 1983), focused on facies analysis. Contrasting with this body of work is the symposium organized by Nilsen (1984), which set out to
examine the regional effects of contemporary tee�
tonism on fluvial systems and the sedimentary
record. The 1993 Brisbane symposium saw the preM
sentation of much work in the field of environmental
sedimentology.
The most recent developments in fluvial basin
analysis are as follows:
1. Firstly, there is a focus on the detailed, formal
documentation of three-dimensional facies architecture> stimulated by the pioneering work of
Allen (1983a), Ramos and Sopeiia (1983), and
Ramos et al. (1986). A symposium focusing on
this type of work in fluvial and other clastic environments was held at San Antonio in 1989, and
has resulted in the production of a large�format
atlas, in which several outcrop and subsurface
case studies are docilmened by large-scale cross
sections (Miall and Tyler 1991). The two most
recent fluvial symposia also devoted considerable
attention to alluvial architecture (Marzo and
Puigdefabregas 1993; Fielding 1993a), and publications dealing with reservoir heterogeneity are
also giving much attention to this subject (Ashton
1992; Flint and Bryant 1993).
2. Secondly, there is increasing interest in bringing
together our knowledge of the physics of sedimentation and the physics of basin subsidence,
using the methods of quantitative modeling and
computer simulation. The book by Cross ( 1990) is
a landmark synthesis in this area, and contains
much of importance to the fluvial sedimentologist. Other work of this type is referred to elsewhere in this book, particularly papers by ) .
Bridge, C. Paola, and P. Heller.
3. Observational and experimental geomorphology
has resulted in several important books and many
individual papers, particularly by S.A. Schumm
(Schumm 1977; Schumm et al. 1987), and his students and coworkers, and these are also cited in
this book.
4. Lastly, there are developments involving the
larger sphere of sequence stratigraphy, requiring
Research Symposium at Annual Meeting> San
Antonio, April 1989 (Miall and Tyler 1991).
9. Fourth international conference on fluvial sedi�
mentology> Barcelona> International Associa�
tion of Sedimentologists, October 1989 (Marzo
and Puigdefabregas 1993).
10. Braided rivers: form, process and economic applications; special two-day meeting> Geological
Society of London, May 1992 (Best and Bristow
1993).
11. Fifth International Conference on Fluvial Sedimentology, Brisbane, july 1993 (Fielding 1993a).
12. Alluvial Basin. European Research Conference,
Lunteren, The Netherlands, September 1994 (no
proceedings).
These proceedings volumes represent a substantial body of literature and an essential basis for a
fluvial library, to which must be added various
books, course notes, and review articles. Summaries
of progress in research were provided in several of
the edited volumes (Miall 1983a, 1987; Fielding
1993b; Bristow and Best 1993). Important review
articles include those by Cant (1982), Rust and
Koster (1984), Walker and Cant (1984), Bridge (1985,
1993b), Collinson (1986), Miall (1992a), Zaitlin et al.
(1994), and Shanley and McCabe (1994). Books that
contain valuable syntheses of fluvial sedimentology
include those by Turner (1980), Galloway and
Hobday (1983), Nilsen (1985), and Rachocki and
Church (1990), although none of these use the architectural approach that forms the basis of this book.
Short courses by Miall (1981a), Flores (1983a), and
Flores et al. (1985) provide useful summaries of fluvial sedimentary processes, but are now largely out
of date.
A noticeable characteristic of the First International Symposium on Fluvial Sedimentology (Miall
1978a) was the presentation of several detailed attempts to build suites of facies models (Friend 1978;
Miall 1978c; Rust 1978b; Cant 1978; Boothroyd and
Nummedal 1978; Heward 1978a), and several other
papers providing critiques of the facies model concept (Jackson 1978; Collinson 1978). None of the
subsequent symposia have yielded the same focused
examination of the facies model idea. The paper by
Friend (1983) at the Keele meeting, providing a classification of channel architecture, is the only post1977 symposium paper to attempt a generalized,
theoretical examination of fluvial facies models. Several nonsymposium papers providing critiques of
the ideas in this area include Miall (1980, 1985) and
Bridge (1985). Many symposium papers and indi3
vidual journal articles have contained proposals for
new facies models or variants on existing ones.
Bridge (1985, 1993b) developed a different approach,
building theoretical models from flume experiments
and dynamic studies of modern rivers.
All the symposia have included large numbers of
case studies. Many of these, especially those presented at the second international meeting in Keele
(Collinson and Lewin 1983), focused on facies analysis. Contrasting with this body of work is the symposium organized by Nilsen (1984), which set out to
examine the regional effects of contemporary tee�
tonism on fluvial systems and the sedimentary
record. The 1993 Brisbane symposium saw the preM
sentation of much work in the field of environmental
sedimentology.
The most recent developments in fluvial basin
analysis are as follows:
1. Firstly, there is a focus on the detailed, formal
documentation of three-dimensional facies architecture> stimulated by the pioneering work of
Allen (1983a), Ramos and Sopeiia (1983), and
Ramos et al. (1986). A symposium focusing on
this type of work in fluvial and other clastic environments was held at San Antonio in 1989, and
has resulted in the production of a large�format
atlas, in which several outcrop and subsurface
case studies are docilmened by large-scale cross
sections (Miall and Tyler 1991). The two most
recent fluvial symposia also devoted considerable
attention to alluvial architecture (Marzo and
Puigdefabregas 1993; Fielding 1993a), and publications dealing with reservoir heterogeneity are
also giving much attention to this subject (Ashton
1992; Flint and Bryant 1993).
2. Secondly, there is increasing interest in bringing
together our knowledge of the physics of sedimentation and the physics of basin subsidence,
using the methods of quantitative modeling and
computer simulation. The book by Cross ( 1990) is
a landmark synthesis in this area, and contains
much of importance to the fluvial sedimentologist. Other work of this type is referred to elsewhere in this book, particularly papers by ) .
Bridge, C. Paola, and P. Heller.
3. Observational and experimental geomorphology
has resulted in several important books and many
individual papers, particularly by S.A. Schumm
(Schumm 1977; Schumm et al. 1987), and his students and coworkers, and these are also cited in
this book.
4. Lastly, there are developments involving the
larger sphere of sequence stratigraphy, requiring