Table of Contents:
  • Stratigraphy quo vadis : marine stratigraphy from continents and oceans / E. Seibold
  • Problems in seismic stratigraphy / L. Montadert
  • Paleobathymetry of pelagic depositional environments : problems and complexities / Jörn Thiede
  • Pleistocene deep-sea sediment stratigraphy and its extension / N.J. Shackleton
  • Marine Cenozoic stratigraphy recent advances and future perspectives / James P. Kennett
  • On transgressional warming and deglaciation / W.H. Berger
  • Messinian event : a stratigraphic case study / Maria Bianca Cita
  • The events of the Mid-Cretaceous / Richard Reyment
  • Storm beds : their significance in event stratigraphy / A. Seilacher
  • Ecostratigraphy / A.J. Boucot
  • The numerical age of system, series, and stage boundaries of the Phanerozoic Column / Gilles Serge Odin
  • Comments and recommendations / J.E. Meulenkamp and E. Seibold.