Review
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“Miall (Univ. of Toronto, Canada) ranks among the
most influential of modern stratigraphers, and in the present
volume he provides a complete summation of all the advances in
the science up to the present day. … Miall finishes with an
in-depth chapter on the current status of the measurement of
geologic time and future potential in the field. An extensive
list of references follows each chapter. Summing Up: Highly
recommended. Graduate students, researchers/faculty, and
professionals/practitioners.” (C. W. Dimmick, Choice, Vol. 53
(12), September, 2016)
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Review
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“Der Ansatz einer Synthese wird didaktisch
nachvollziehbar verfolgt. Die Breite der dabei berücksichtigten
Teilgebiete gibt einen guten Überblick und ist als eine
Einführung sehr zu empfehlen. Für detailliertere Einblicke in
einzelne der Methoden sind die spezielleren Fachbücher unbedingt
zu Rate zu ziehen. Für die studentische Ausbildung ist das Buch
jedoch bestens geeignet.”
Besonders hervorzuheben: “Das breite Spektrum und der
Einführungscharakter. Sprachlich auch für nichtmuttersprachliche
Studenten gut verständlich.” (Prof. Dr. Olaf Elicki, TU
Bergakademie Freiberg, Geol. Inst., Technische Universität
Bergakademie Freiberg)
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From the Back Cover
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This book incorporates updated material on sequence stratigraphy,
reflection-seismic methods, chronostratigraphy, and new concepts
regarding the representation of time in the sedimentary record.
It also includes a summary history of the development of ideas,
concepts and methods leading to the modern stratigraphic
synthesis, and features a comprehensive
stratigraphic-sedimentologic database. Lastly, facies analysis
and facies models are described in detail.
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About the Author
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Andrew Miall has been Professor of Geology at the
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto, since 1979,
where his focus is teaching and research on the stratigraphy and
sedimentology of sedimentary basins. His particular interest is
in sequence stratigraphy, and in the sedimentology of nonmarine
sandstones, and their characteristics as reservoir rocks for
non-renewable resources. He is the inaugural holder of the Gordon
Stollery Chair in Basin Analysis and Petroleum Geology, which was
founded in 2001. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of
Canada in 1995. Andrew Miall was Vice President of the Academy of
Science of the Royal Society of Canada from 2005 to 2007 and
President of the Academy from 2007-2009. From 2000-2004 Andrew
Miall served as Canada’s representative to the NATO Science and
the Environment Program’s “Committee on the Challenges of Modern
Society”, during which time he assisted in the organization of
several international workshops dealing with natural hazards. In
2010-2011 he served on expert panels struck by the Government of
Canada and the Alberta Government to examine the environmental
management of the Alberta Oil Sands. Miall has been the author of
five research-level technical books and the editor of five
special research collections. In 2007 he published “Canada
Rocks”, co-authored with Nick Eyles.
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