| Description |
xviii, 726 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. I. Origin and Transport of Sedimentary Materials -- 1. Weathering, Soils, and Paleoclimates -- 2. Transport and Deposition of Siliciclastic Sediment -- Pt. II. Physical Properties of Sedimentary Rocks -- 3. Sedimentary Textures -- 4. Sedimentary Structures -- Pt. III. Composition, Classification, and Diagenesis of Sedimentary Rocks -- 5. Siliciclastic Sedimentary Rocks -- 6. Carbonate Sedimentary Rocks -- 7. Other Chemical/Biochemical and Carbonaceous Sedimentary Rocks -- Pt. IV. Depositional Environments -- 8. Principles of Environmental Interpretation and Classification -- 9. Continental Environments -- 10. Marginal Marine Environments -- 11. Siliciclastic Marine Environments -- 12. Carbonate and Evaporite Environments -- Pt. V. Principles of Stratigraphy and Basin Analysis -- 13. Lithostratigraphy -- 14. Seismic Stratigraphy -- 15. Sequence Stratigraphy -- 16. Magnetostratigraphy -- 17. Biostratigraphy -- 18. Chronostratigraphy and Geologic Time |
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19. Basin Analysis, Tectonics, and Sedimentation -- App. A. Shields Diagram -- App. B. North American Stratigraphic Code -- App. C. Nomenclature of Chronostratigraphic Units -- App. D. Major Kinds of Sedimentary Basins and their Tectonic Settings |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 1995 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 686-717) and index |
| Subject |
Sedimentology.
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Sedimentary rocks.
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Sedimentation and deposition.
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Geology, Stratigraphic.
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| LC no. |
00047885 |
| ISBN |
0130996963 |
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