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Chapters 1 and 2: Introduction and The Primary Mechanisms of Basin Subsidence [2.1 Mb]
Chapter 3: Subsidence Analysis (geohistory and backstripping) [4.3 Mb]
Chapter 4: Thermal Subsidence [1.9 Mb]
Chapter 5: Flexure of the Lithosphere [6.6 Mb]
Chapter 6: Basin Classification and Subsidence Mechanisms [1.2 Mb]
Chapter 8: Passive Margin Stratigraphy [1 Mb]
Chapter 9: Basin Filling Models [not included. Superseded by Paola, C., 2000, Quantitatie models of sedimentary basin filling: Sedimentology, v. 47, p. 121-178.]
References and Further Reading [0.96 Mb]