Principles of Stratigraphic Analysis

In recent years stratigraphy has been revitalised by new ideas and techniques such as the relationship between plate tectonics and sediment accumulations, magnetic and seismic stratigraphy, stable isotopes and cathodoluminescence. While stratigraphy is a popular course for students, offered as part of almost all geology degree curricula, the standard textbooks on the subject do not cover these increasingly important topics. Principles of Stratigraphic Analysis should play its part in the renaissance of stratigraphy among the current generation of undergraduates.