Description |
xvii, 774 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Contents |
Pt. 1. Introduction. 1. Development and Application of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy -- Pt. 2. Weathering Processes and Products and Sediment Transport. 2. Weathering and Soils. 3. Transport and Deposition of Siliciclastic Sediment -- Pt. 3. Physical Properties of Sedimentary Rocks. 4. Sedimentary Structures. 5. Sedimentary Structures -- Pt. 4. Composition, Classification, Origin, and Diagenesis of Sedimentary Rocks. 6. Siliciclastic Sedimentary Rocks. 7. Carbonate Sedimentary Rocks. 8. Other Chemical/Biochemical and Carbonaceous Sedimentary Rocks -- Pt. 5. Sedimentary Environments. 9. Principles of Environmental Interpretation and Classification. 10. Continental Environments. 11. Marginal-Marine Environments. 12. Siliciclastic Marine Environments. 13. Carbonate Marine Environments -- Pt. 6. Principles of Stratigraphy and Basin Analysis. 14. Lithostratigraphy. 15. Seismic Stratigraphy. 16. Magnetostratigraphy. 17. Biostratigraphy. 18. Chronostratigraphy and Geologic Time |
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19. Basin Analysis, Tectonics, and Sedimentation -- Appendix A: Principal Methods for Estimating Diagenetic Paleotemperatures -- Appendix B: North American Stratigraphic Code |
Summary |
Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy is a thoroughly modern, textbook that provides in-depth coverage of all major aspects of sedimentology and stratigraphy. Aimed at advanced undergraduates but suitable also for graduate students and professionals, it covers processes of sedimentation, describes the characteristics of sedimentary rocks formed in major sedimentary environments, and discusses the fundamental principles of stratigraphy and basin analysis |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 728-763) and index |
Subject |
Geology, Stratigraphic.
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Sedimentation and deposition.
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Geology, Stratigraphic.
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Sedimentary rocks.
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Sedimentation and deposition.
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Sedimentology.
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LC no. |
94035120 |
ISBN |
0023117923 |
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