Physics of Sedimentology Textbook and Reference
Physics of Sedimentology explains sedimentological processes via the fundamental physics that underlies the actual mechanisms involved. The applicability of fundamental principles, such as Newton's Three Laws of Motion, the Law of Conservation of Energy, the First and Second Laws of Thermodynam...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2004, 2004
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. 2004 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Sorting Out and Mixing: Bulk Minerals; Heavy Minerals; Size and Sorting; Exclusion Principle
- Grains Settle: Stokes' Law; Why Derivation; Dimensional Analysis; Fluid Resistance; Reynolds Number; Resistance Coefficient; Lacustrine Varves
- Sediments are Moved: Turbidity Currents; Chezy's Equation; Stream Transport; Shields' Diagram; Hjulström's Curve
- Rocks Fall: Sediment-Gravity Flows; Elm Landslide; Grand Banks Slide; Speed of Slides; Debris Flows; Sand Avalanches; Mud Slide; OlistostromeVolume Dependence of Sturzstrom
- Suspensions Flow: Suspension Current; Auto-suspension; Bagnold's Criterion; Chezy-Kuenen Equation; Keulegan's Law; Energy Line; Hyperconcentrated Density Flows
- Sand Waves Migrate: Richardson Number; Froude Number; Model Theory; Point-Bar Sequence; Bedform; Facies Models
- Oceans are Ventilated: Ocean Currents; Bernoulli's Theorem; Darcy-Weisbach Equation; Contourites
- Groundwater Circulates: Darcy Equation; Poiseuille Law; Hydrodynamic Potential; Permeability; Compaction; Diffusion
- Components Equilibrate: Mass-Action Law; Gibbs Criteria of Chemical Equilibrium; First and Second Law of Thermodynamics; Lewis Concept of Chemical Activity; Carbonate Equilibria; Metastable Phases; Calcite Dissolution
- Evaporation Pumps: Dolomite; Dolomite Solubility; Material Transfer in Open Systems; Seepage Refluxing; Evaporative Pumping; Flood Recharge
- Isotopes Fractionate: Isotopes; Isotope Tracers; Paleotemperature; Paleoproductivity; Strangelove Ocean
- Basins Subside: Isostasy; Airy Model; Crustal Thinning; Mantle Heterogeneity; Lithospheric Stresses
- Why Creativity in Geology?