Note: COVER -- Cyclic Development of Sedimentary Basins -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1. Long-term cyclicities: introduction -- 1.1 Types of long-term cycles -- 1.2 Early ideas -- 1.3 Further development -- 1.4 Current research -- Chapter 2. Causes of cyclicity -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Theses of system geotectonics -- 2.3 Stratigraphy and the galactic year -- 2.4 The geodynamic cycle and orogenic epochs -- 2.5 Geodynamic megacycles of evolution -- 2.6 Final remarks -- Chapter 3. Cyclicity in earth's geological evolution -- 3.1 Earth's history -- 3.2 Cyclicity in earth's processes -- 3.3 Tectonic-sedimentary episodes -- 3.4 Cyclic basin formation -- 3.5 Sedimentary fill -- 3.6 Metallogenic epochs -- 3.7 Final remarks -- Chapter 4. Examples of sedimentary basins of world -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Andes Fueginos -- 4.3 Andean foreland basins: Patagonia -- 4.4 Karoo Basin (South Africa) -- 4.5 Northwest and Central Europe -- 4.6 Ireland -- 4.7 Duero Basin (Spain) -- Chapter 5. The sedimentary record of foreland-basin, tectophase cycles: examples from the Appalachian Basin, USA -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Flexural rationale and stratigraphic manifestations -- 5.3 Appalachian basin foreland-basin cycles -- 5.4 Discussion and conclusions -- Chapter 6. Geological history of the Greater Amazonas Basin in Brazil -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Acre Basin -- 6.3 Solimoes Basin -- 6.4 Amazonas Basin -- 6.5 Amazon Mouth Basin -- 6.6 Integration of data and conclusions -- Chapter 7. Sedimentary basins of Brazilian Borborema and São Francisco tectonic provinces since Mesoproterozoic -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Tectonic history -- 7.3 Geology of São Francisco and Borborema provinces -- 7.4 Sedimentary basins -- 7.5 Basin evolution and sediment fill -- 7.6 Final remarks -- Chapter 8. Russian Arctic shelf sedimentary basins -- 8.1 Introduction. , 8.2 Barents-North Kara Basin -- 8.3 South Kara Basin -- 8.4 Laptev Sea Basin -- 8.5 Sedimentary basins of the East-Siberian and Chukchi Seas -- 8.6 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 9. Cyclicity in the evolution of the Neogene North Croatian Basin (Pannonian Basin system) -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Deposition in the North Croatian Basin during the Neogene and cyclicity -- 9.3 Conclusions -- Chapter 10. Long-period cycles: a case study from the Arabian-Nubian craton -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Najd fault cycle -- 10.3 Nubian cycle I -- 10.4 Nubian cycle II -- 10.5 Hoggar emergent cycle -- 10.6 Nubian cycle III -- 10.7 Hercynian cycle -- 10.8 Jurhom cycle -- 10.9 Neotethys cycle -- 10.10 Arabian Plate cycle -- 10.11 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 11. Cyclicity in Paleoproterozoic to Neoproterozoic Cuddapah Supergroup and its significance in basinal evolution -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Evolutionary trends of the Proterozoic basins -- 11.3 The Cuddapah Basin -- 11.4 Discussion -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 12. Cyclicity of the Mesozoic sedimentation on the eastern margin of the Chinese craton as a response to the main geodynamic events in the adjacent active oceanic area -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Mesozoic sedimentation and geodynamic settings on the eastern margin of the Chinese craton -- 12.3 Triassic -- 12.4 Jurassic -- 12.5 Cretaceous -- 12.6 Mesozoic sedimentation and geodynamic settings in the tectonical passive and active areas -- 12.7 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 13. Sedimentary basins of polycyclic development in the south-eastern part of the Siberian platform: Uchur-Maiskaya Basin and Vilyuiskaya Syneclise -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Geological structure of the sedimentary cover of the Uchur-Maiskaya basin -- 13.3 Vilyuiskaya Syneclise -- Chapter 14. Overview -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Andes Fueginos. , 14.3 Andes foreland: Patagonia -- 14.4 Greater Amazonas Basin -- 14.5 NE Brazilian Borborema and São Francisco provinces -- 14.6 Appalachian foreland basin -- 14.7 West Ireland -- 14.8 North-west and Central Europe -- 14.9 Duero Basin (Spain) -- 14.10 North Croatian Basin -- 14.11 Russian Arctic shelf basins -- 14.12 South-east Siberian platform -- 14.13 Eastern margin of Chinese craton -- 14.14 Proterozoic Cuddapah Basin (India) -- 14.15 Arabian-Nubian shield -- 14.16 Karoo Basin (South Africa) -- 14.17 Concluding remarks -- Chapter 15. Conclusions -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Causes of cyclicity -- 15.3 Cyclicity of earth's geological phenomena -- 15.4 Final remarks -- References -- Index.