This topic is essential background for tectonic models, but the data is equivocal. As Hutchison (2005) noted: “A considerable amount of palaeomagnetic research has been…
SE Asia and the science of stratigraphy
This topic is essential background for tectonic models, but the data is equivocal. As Hutchison (2005) noted: “A considerable amount of palaeomagnetic research has been…
See also this post on the speed of change, and a third post This blog is a good place to post explanatory data that may…
“The Crocker Formation, which forms the entire coastal zone and foothills of Western Sabah, is considered by many workers as a part of an uplifted…
See also the post on environment of deposition from benthic foraminifera Determining environment of deposition is important for tracing facies, and natural successions following Walther’s…
See also the post on environment of deposition from planktonic foraminifera This is an introductory post on determining environment of deposition. An important and complex…
One of the reasons I began this blog was as a way to pass on ideas (right or wrong) to fellow geologists and the next…
I have suggested that a new, dynamic stratigraphy for SE Asia leads to new plays, a statement that needs validation. There are cases, such as…
William Shakespeare suggested that names are not important: “A rose by by other name would smell as sweet” (Romeo and Juliet), but names are only…
Well sections are better that outcrops as they are continuous records of sedimentation, especially in the tropics where outcrops degrade so fast. However few wells…
Something I like to stress in teaching is that I do not disagree with the founders of eustatic sequence stratigraphy. Below is an extract from …