Practical Sedimentology
Sedimentology has neither been adequately popularized nor This book begins with a consideration of the complex end commonly taught as an interdisciplinary subject, and many product of processes and materials, the sedimentary environ workers in the areas of modem environment studies have very ment....
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
1994, 1994
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. 1994 |
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Table of Contents:
- 1 Introduction
- Scope of Sedimentology
- General Description of Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks
- Selected General Textbooks and References
- 2 Environments of Sedimentation
- Tectonics Eustacy Climate: Megacontrols of Environment
- Processes and Environment
- Organisms and Environment
- Environmental Models
- Selected Bibliography
- 3 Processes in Sedimentation
- Surficial Chemical Processes
- Surficial Physical Processes
- Diagenesis
- Biological Processes
- Volcanic Processes
- Selected Bibliography
- 4 Sedimentary Structures
- Inorganic Structures
- Biogenic Structures
- Selected Bibliography
- 5 Texture of Detrital Sediments
- Grain Size
- Roundness
- Sphericity
- Surface Texture
- Fabric
- Textural Maturity
- Sediment Texture in Environmental Impact Assessment
- Selected Bibliography
- 6 Composition of Detrital Sediments
- Detrital Sandstones
- Rudites
- Lutites
- Selected Bibliography
- 7 Clays and Colloids
- Mineralogy
- Cation Exchange
- Origin
- Colloidal Sediments
- Glauconite
- Selected Bibliography
- 8 Sedimentary Carbonates
- Mineralogy
- Classification
- Biota in Carbonate Sedimentation
- Carbonate Environments
- Diagenesis
- Selected Bibliography
- 9 Chemical Sediments
- Evaporites
- Iron in Sedimentation
- Other Chemical Sediments
- Selected Bibliography
- 10 Environmental and Scientific Reporting
- Sedimentologists and Environmental Impact Studies
- Planning and Writing a Report
- Structure and Components of a Paper or Report
- Citations References and Bibliographies
- Writing Style
- Verbal Presentation of Reports
- Selected Bibliography