Principles of Sedimentary Deposits: Stratigraphy and Sedimentology"Sedimentology and stratigraphy are covered in unprecedented depth in this updated and dynamic follow-up to 'Principles of sedimentology', regarded since its publication in 1978 as the definitive text in the field. Suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, this new text encompasses a contemporary global view of sedimentary deposits. The most recent data on such increasingly important topics as seismic stratigraphy and sequence stratigraphy, process sedimentology, facies patterns, extraterrestrial forcing functions, basin analysis, and plate tectonics are explored. The text's structure and organization accommodate a complete treatment of both sedimentology and stratigraphy and presents them in a historical context." -- |
Contents
PART | 1 |
Particles Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks | 21 |
1 Shapes and Sizes of Sedimentary Particles | 28 |
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anhydrite aragonite areas barrier base basin beach bed forms bioturbation bottom boundaries calcite calcium carbonate cement channel Chapter chemical chert clay climate coarse consist contrast corals cross strata crystals curve cycle debris delta deposits depth dissolved dolostone dunes Earth's environments epeiric seas evaporites example extrabasinal facies fans feldspar Figure fine-textured flow fluid Formation G. M. Friedman geologic geologists glaciers intertidal J. E. Sanders kinds lake laminae landward layers lime mud limestones marine mesosequence minerals modern numbers ocean ooids orbit organisms parasequence particles peloids peritidal Pleistocene pore porosity precipitation processes prograded quartz reefs relationships result ridges ripples River sabkha salinity sand sand-size sandstone Schematic sea level seaward seawater sedi sedimentary rocks sediments seismic sequence shales shallow shearing shelf shore silica silt skeletal slope SOURCES strata stratigraphic submergence subsurface surface temperature tephra terrigenous thick tidal tide tion turbidites turbidity currents waves wind zone