Experimental Stratigraphy

• Published in: GSA today Vol. 11; no. 7; pp. 4 - 9
• Main Authors: Paola, Chris, Mullin, Jim, Ellis, Chris, Mohrig, David C, Swenson, John B, Parker, Gary, Hickson, Tom, Heller, Paul L, Pratson, Lincoln, Syvitski, James, Sheets, Ben, Strong, Nikki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.07.2001

Stratigraphy has been a descriptive science for most of its history. Recently, thanks to the development of the mechanistic view of Earth embodied in plate tectonics and to improvements in our understanding of sediment dynamics, the stratigraphic community has developed a first generation of quantit...