Quantitative Methods in Stratigraphy
A Multi-Proxy Palaeoenvironmental Analysis of Outcrop and Core Data

By (author) Ondrej Bábek

ISBN13: 9780443215384

Imprint: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division

Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division

Format: Paperback / softback

Published: 01/02/2026

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Quantitative Methods in Stratigraphy: A Multi-Proxy Palaeoenvironmental Analysis of Outcrop and Core Data explores the current advances in technology, offering a wide range of quantitative geophysical, geochemical, and spectral methods, which are less expensive, timesaving, and often non-destructive. The book first outlines the main principles and applications of stratigraphy and paleoenvironmental analysis. Chapters then work methodically through quantitative data in stratigraphy, gamma-ray methods, magnetic susceptibility and magnetometry, and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. Near infrared (NIR) and Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy as well as energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) spectroscopy are reviewed in- depth. With the wide range of now affordable quantitative methods, high-resolution sampling, and large datasets available across strata, outcrop research can offer unprecedented potential for outcrop-to-core-to-well log correlation, and subsequent (paleo)environmental analysis while keeping data reproducibility at a high level. This book serves as a useful reference guide for geoscientists, academicians, and researchers, helping them keep pace with advances in technology and instrumentation and conduct state-of-the-art research in geosciences.
1. Introduction/Foreword 2. Stratigraphy: main principles and applications 3. Stratigraphic and palaeoenvironmental analysis 4. Quantitative data in stratigraphy 5. Gamma-ray methods 6. Magnetic susceptibility and magnetometry 7. Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy 8. Near Infrared (NIR) / Fourier-Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy 9. Energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) spectroscopy 10. Statistical analysis of multi-proxy stratigraphic data 11. Case studies of multi-proxy analysis
  • Stratigraphy
  • Professional & Vocational
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