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Sedimentology and stratigraphy /

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This fully revised and updated edition introduces the reader to sedimentology and stratigraphic principles, and provides tools for the interpretation of sediments and sedimentary rocks.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nichols, Gary
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chichester, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Sedimentation and deposition.
Geology, Stratigraphic.
Fazies.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: sedimentology and stratigraphy
  • Terrigenous clastic sediments: gravel, sand and mud
  • Biogenic, chemical and volcanogenic sediments
  • Processes of transport and sedimentary structures
  • Field sedimentology, facies and environments
  • Continents: sources of sediment
  • Glacial environments
  • Aeolian environments
  • Rivers and alluvial fans
  • Lakes
  • The marine realm: morphology and processes
  • Deltas
  • Clastic coasts and estuaries
  • Shallow sandy seas
  • Shallow marine carbonate and evaporite environments
  • Deep marine environments
  • Volcanic rocks and sediments
  • Post-depositional structures and diagenesis
  • Stratigraphy: concepts and lithostratigraphy
  • Biostratigraphy
  • Dating and correlation techniques
  • Subsurface stratigraphy and sedimentology
  • Sequence stratigraphy and sea-level changes
  • Sedimentary changes.