Environmental Sedimentology

ISBN-13: 9781405115155 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 452 str.

Chris Perry; Kevin Taylor

Opis

Environmental Sedimentology provides a comprehensive introduction to this rapidly expanding field which addresses the functioning and dynamics of contemporary sediment systems and how these systems respond to a range of both natural and anthropogenically-induced disturbance events.

• considers a range of sedimentary environments; mountain and upland, fluvial, lacustrine, arid, urban, deltaic and estuarine, temperate coastal, tropical coastal, and continental shelf
  
• aspects of sediment management and remediation are also considered as are the potential impacts of on-going and future climatic and environmental change
  
• Readership: advanced level undergraduates in earth science, environmental science and physical geography, and graduate students in the earth and environmental sciences with an interest in contemporary sediment systems

Recenzje

"This text covers a wide range of well–written and well–researched material that is presented to a high standard. The individual chapters are all well worth reading and present thorough coverage of concepts and debates relevant to the different environments in question.... Anyone who is interested in any aspect of sediment transfer will find something of interest in this book." (Geographical Journal, June 2008)

Spis treści

Preface.

1. Environmental Sedimentology: Introduction: Chris Perry & Kevin Taylor (Manchester Metropolitan University).

2. Mountain Environments: Jeff Warburton (University of Durham).

3. Fluvial Environments: Karen Hudson–Edwards (Birkbeck College, London).

4. Lake Environments: Lars Hakanson (University of Uppsala).

5. Arid Environments: Anne Mather (University of Plymouth).

6. Urban Environments: Kevin Taylor (Manchester Metropolitan University).

7. Deltaic and Estuarine Environments: Peter French (Royal Holloway, University of London).

8. Temperate Coastal Environments: Andrew Cooper (University of Ulster).

9. Tropical Coastal Environments: Coral Reefs and Mangroves: Chris Perry (Manchester Metropolitan University).

10. Continental Shelf Environments: Piers Larcombe (CEFAS, UK).

Index

O autorze

Chris Perry and Kevin Taylor are Readers in the Department of Environmental and Geographical Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University.

Blurb

Environmental Sedimentology provides a comprehensive introduction to this rapidly expanding field which addresses the functioning and dynamics of contemporary sediment systems and how these systems respond to a range of both natural and anthropogenically–induced disturbance events.

The book considers a variety of sedimentary environments: mountain and upland, fluvial, lacustrine, arid, urban, deltaic and estuarine, temperate coastal, tropical coastal, and continental shelf. Each chapter provides an overview of the main sources and dynamics of sediment production and accumulation, as well as exploring the impacts of a wide range of natural and man–made disturbance issues. Aspects of sediment management and remediation are also considered as are the potential impacts of on–going and future climatic and environmental change.

Environmental Sedimentology is an invaluable text for advanced level undergraduates in earth science, environmental science and physical geography, and graduate students in the earth and environmental sciences with an interest in contemporary sediment systems.