1: Good but limited
I was referred to this book by a client and anticipated its arrival with great interest. At the same time, another client contracted me to develop an industry-based short course on Sequence Stratigraphy. Consequently, I was hopeful that this book might provide good illustrative material and new insights.
When I received the book, I was, in fact disappointed. The book is well-written, it has lots of illustrations, and the science is sound. However, it is written more from the perspective of an academic researcher and the applications to the petroleum, coal, uranium or environmental industries are minimal. The amount of material on relevant seismic stratigraphy is less than minimal. Moreover, about 1/3 of the book is a sedimentology text and better informtion is available elsewhere.
The focus of the book is outcrop sequence stratigraphy. Subsurface sequence and seismic stratigraphy is downplayed (This is where these principles are applied in the working world of industry). The use of far too many acronyms is annoying. The endless stream of nomenclature makes application of the principles difficult.
For academic and outcrop sequence statigraphers, this is a good book. For those of us working in industry, it is limited.
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