2. Edition - April 2009
48.90 Euro
2009. 432 Pages, Softcover
ISBN-10: 1-4051-3592-1
ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-3592-4 - John Wiley & Sons








Short description
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. The processes of formation, transport, and deposition of sediment are considered and then applied to develop conceptual models for the full range of sedimentary environments, from deserts to deep seas and reefs to rivers. Different approaches to using stratigraphic principles to date and correlate strata are also considered, in order to provide a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of sedimentology and stratigraphy. The text and figures are designed to be accessible to anyone completely new to the subject, and all of the illustrative material is provided in an accompanying CD-ROM. 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. The processes of formation, transport and deposition of sediment are considered and then applied to develop conceptual models for the full range of sedimentary environments, from deserts to deep seas and reefs to rivers.

Different approaches to using stratigraphic principles to date and correlate strata are also considered, in order to provide a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of sedimentology and stratigraphy. The text and figures are designed to be accessible to anyone completely new to the subject, and all of the illustrative material is provided in an accompanying CD-ROM.

From the contents
1 Introduction: sedimentology and stratigraphy.

2 Terrigenous clastic sediments: gravel, sand and mud.

3 Biogenic, chemical and volcanogenic sediments.

4 Processes of transport and sedimentary structures.

5 Field sedimentology, facies and environments.

6 Continents: sources of sediment.

7 Glacial environments.

8 Aeolian processes.

9 Rivers and alluvial fans.

10 Lakes.

11 The marine realm: morphology and processes.

12 Deltas.

13 Clastic coasts and estuaries.

14 Shallow sandy seas.

15 Shallow marine carbonate and evaporite environments.

16 Deep marine environments.

17 Volcanic environments.

18 Post-depositional structures and diagenesis.

19 Stratigraphy: concepts and lithostratigraphy.

20 Biostratigraphy.

21 Dating and correlation techniques.

22 Subsurface stratigraphy and sedimentology.

23 Sequence stratigraphy and sea level changes.

24 Sedimentary basins