dune types 55-58, 2.22, 2.23
facies associations 58,
2.23a
interaction with marine sediments 58-60, 2.23
interdune area 58
epeiric seas s. shallow seas
epicontinental seas s. shallow
seas
equilibrium, summit elevation
453,481-483, 9.19
erosional base level (s. also
sequence stratigraphy) 10,
1.6
erosional unconformities (also s.
sequence stratigraphy) 205
estuarine water circulation 166,
4.1
estuaries 166-167, 4.1
densitiy stratification 167,
4.1cd
sediments 167
tidal influence 111
Europe, Mesozoic 571-574
paleogeography, rift systems
and sediments 12.16ab
Germanic facies province 573,
12.16c
Triassic carbonate platforms
571, 12.16a
eustatic sea-Ievel change (also s.
sea level) 25
evaporites, marine (also s. salt
deposits etc.) 258-274
brine reflux 260
bull's eye pattern 259, 6.4a
evaporitic carbonates 258
chicken-wire pattern 267, 6.8d
complex evaporite model 267-268,
6.9
cyclic evaporite sequences 264265, 6.7, 6.8
diagenesis of evaporites 274-276,
6.12,6.13
euxinic stage in evaporite basin
263,272, 6.5bc
evaporative drawdown of water
level 259, 6.4a
evaporative pumping 265
giant salt deposits 268-271
models for evaporite deposition
259-268,6.4-6.9
salt lagoon, barred basin 260,
6.4c
secondary and tertiary evaporites
274-277
sedimentary structures in evaporites 272-274, 6.11
sedimentation rates 271-272
seepage basin 260, 6.4d
tear drop pattern 6.4c
trace elements, isotopes in evaporites 277
varves inhalite, anhydrite 271,
6.11
vertical sequences with evaporites
272, 6.4ef, 6.5c, 6.7, 6.8
event beds s. discyclic bedding
event stratigraphy 374-377
recurrence intervals 374, 7.45
biological, ecological 377
excess pore pressure s. pore water
pressure
expulsion of pore water 702-705,
13.31 bc, 13.32
extension, stretching model (also s.
subsidence) 400,8.2,8.8
Exmouth plateau, Australia, depositional his tory 567
Eyre basin, Australia 575
facies, definition 536-537
facies architecture 15
facies associations 535-539
general trends 14-15
lateral successions 537-538
vertical successions 537
proximal-distal trends 539
failed rift 5, 1.1 c
fan deltas 37,39,153, 2.lIb,
2.13,3.31a
vertical sequences 37,2.13
fluctuating water level 39,
2.14
fecal pellets 190
feedback system s. atmosphericoceanic
first-cycle
fluvial sands tones 49
sedimentary rocks 422
weathering 422
fission tracks s. uplift and
denudation
flat pebble conglomerate 102, 3.7 c
flexure ofthe lithosphere, downwarping 390-393, 402, 8.3,
8.11,8.17
Florida shelf 138
flow regimes 31-35, 2.9, T2.1
fluid inclusions 700
fluvial channels 30-31,2.8,2.15
avulsion 43
chute channels, bars 44, 2.10,
2.17
lateral accretion 35, 2.10
sinuosity 40, 44, 2.8, 2.15
fluvial sediments
bed forms 31-32, 2.9, T 2.1
climatic control 49-51
compositional, mineralogical
maturity 49
current directions 37
facies, architectural elements
35, 43, 2.10, 2.16, T 2.2
facies associations, largescale 47-48,2.19,2.20
lag deposits 2.9
lateral accretion deposits 2.10
overbank deposits 35, 2.7,
2.10,2.17
reservoir properties 49
sedimentary structures 31-32,
2.9,2.10
fluvial systems 29-31,2.7
anastomosedrivers 47,2.18
bed-Ioad systems 30, 2. 7
braided rivers, braidplains
40-43,2.15,2.16, T 2.2
channel types 2.8
evolution 49, 2.20
flow regimes 2.9
levees, crevasse splays 44,
2.17
meandering systems 30, 44-47,
2.7,2.17
mixed-load systems 30, 2.7
point bars 34, 2.17
suspended load systems 30
flysch 606-610
definition 606
migrating flysch troughs
12.31,12.32ab
sequences 223, 5.16, 12.33
food chain 467
785
Foramol association 136 neu
forearc basins 592-598, 1.2, 12.25
ancient examples 597, 12.26,
12.27
basin evolution 593
identification in ancient
record 595
intraoceanic, modern 595
sediment sources 593-594
sediment successions 594
types 592-593, 12.25
foreland bulge, forebulge 610,
613, 12.34cd
foreland basins 610-621, 1.3
evolution 610-612, 12.34
flysch, molasse, definition
606
geohistory analysis 12.36a
megacycles 618
modem examples 612-613
paleo-valleys 618
satellite, piggy back basins
612, 12.36de
sediment composition 615
sediment distribution and
facies change 618-620, 12.35
sediment successions 12.35,
12.37
segementation 620,12.38
subsidence history and basin
filling 613-615
tectono-sedimentary units 620,
12.37
thrusting episodes, rates 612
types ofbasins 12.34,12.37
unconformities 620, 6.37c
formation waters 676,13.18
forward modeling, subsidence
400-403, 8,1 7a
Franciscan subduction complex 597,
12.26
facies associations 58,
2.23a
interaction with marine sediments 58-60, 2.23
interdune area 58
epeiric seas s. shallow seas
epicontinental seas s. shallow
seas
equilibrium, summit elevation
453,481-483, 9.19
erosional base level (s. also
sequence stratigraphy) 10,
1.6
erosional unconformities (also s.
sequence stratigraphy) 205
estuarine water circulation 166,
4.1
estuaries 166-167, 4.1
densitiy stratification 167,
4.1cd
sediments 167
tidal influence 111
Europe, Mesozoic 571-574
paleogeography, rift systems
and sediments 12.16ab
Germanic facies province 573,
12.16c
Triassic carbonate platforms
571, 12.16a
eustatic sea-Ievel change (also s.
sea level) 25
evaporites, marine (also s. salt
deposits etc.) 258-274
brine reflux 260
bull's eye pattern 259, 6.4a
evaporitic carbonates 258
chicken-wire pattern 267, 6.8d
complex evaporite model 267-268,
6.9
cyclic evaporite sequences 264265, 6.7, 6.8
diagenesis of evaporites 274-276,
6.12,6.13
euxinic stage in evaporite basin
263,272, 6.5bc
evaporative drawdown of water
level 259, 6.4a
evaporative pumping 265
giant salt deposits 268-271
models for evaporite deposition
259-268,6.4-6.9
salt lagoon, barred basin 260,
6.4c
secondary and tertiary evaporites
274-277
sedimentary structures in evaporites 272-274, 6.11
sedimentation rates 271-272
seepage basin 260, 6.4d
tear drop pattern 6.4c
trace elements, isotopes in evaporites 277
varves inhalite, anhydrite 271,
6.11
vertical sequences with evaporites
272, 6.4ef, 6.5c, 6.7, 6.8
event beds s. discyclic bedding
event stratigraphy 374-377
recurrence intervals 374, 7.45
biological, ecological 377
excess pore pressure s. pore water
pressure
expulsion of pore water 702-705,
13.31 bc, 13.32
extension, stretching model (also s.
subsidence) 400,8.2,8.8
Exmouth plateau, Australia, depositional his tory 567
Eyre basin, Australia 575
facies, definition 536-537
facies architecture 15
facies associations 535-539
general trends 14-15
lateral successions 537-538
vertical successions 537
proximal-distal trends 539
failed rift 5, 1.1 c
fan deltas 37,39,153, 2.lIb,
2.13,3.31a
vertical sequences 37,2.13
fluctuating water level 39,
2.14
fecal pellets 190
feedback system s. atmosphericoceanic
first-cycle
fluvial sands tones 49
sedimentary rocks 422
weathering 422
fission tracks s. uplift and
denudation
flat pebble conglomerate 102, 3.7 c
flexure ofthe lithosphere, downwarping 390-393, 402, 8.3,
8.11,8.17
Florida shelf 138
flow regimes 31-35, 2.9, T2.1
fluid inclusions 700
fluvial channels 30-31,2.8,2.15
avulsion 43
chute channels, bars 44, 2.10,
2.17
lateral accretion 35, 2.10
sinuosity 40, 44, 2.8, 2.15
fluvial sediments
bed forms 31-32, 2.9, T 2.1
climatic control 49-51
compositional, mineralogical
maturity 49
current directions 37
facies, architectural elements
35, 43, 2.10, 2.16, T 2.2
facies associations, largescale 47-48,2.19,2.20
lag deposits 2.9
lateral accretion deposits 2.10
overbank deposits 35, 2.7,
2.10,2.17
reservoir properties 49
sedimentary structures 31-32,
2.9,2.10
fluvial systems 29-31,2.7
anastomosedrivers 47,2.18
bed-Ioad systems 30, 2. 7
braided rivers, braidplains
40-43,2.15,2.16, T 2.2
channel types 2.8
evolution 49, 2.20
flow regimes 2.9
levees, crevasse splays 44,
2.17
meandering systems 30, 44-47,
2.7,2.17
mixed-load systems 30, 2.7
point bars 34, 2.17
suspended load systems 30
flysch 606-610
definition 606
migrating flysch troughs
12.31,12.32ab
sequences 223, 5.16, 12.33
food chain 467
785
Foramol association 136 neu
forearc basins 592-598, 1.2, 12.25
ancient examples 597, 12.26,
12.27
basin evolution 593
identification in ancient
record 595
intraoceanic, modern 595
sediment sources 593-594
sediment successions 594
types 592-593, 12.25
foreland bulge, forebulge 610,
613, 12.34cd
foreland basins 610-621, 1.3
evolution 610-612, 12.34
flysch, molasse, definition
606
geohistory analysis 12.36a
megacycles 618
modem examples 612-613
paleo-valleys 618
satellite, piggy back basins
612, 12.36de
sediment composition 615
sediment distribution and
facies change 618-620, 12.35
sediment successions 12.35,
12.37
segementation 620,12.38
subsidence history and basin
filling 613-615
tectono-sedimentary units 620,
12.37
thrusting episodes, rates 612
types ofbasins 12.34,12.37
unconformities 620, 6.37c
formation waters 676,13.18
forward modeling, subsidence
400-403, 8,1 7a
Franciscan subduction complex 597,
12.26