Sedimentary Geology: An Introduction to Sedimentary Rocks and Stratigraphy

ISBN-13: 9781429231558 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 500 str.

Donald R. Prothero

Opis

This is an accessible introductory text which encompasses both sedimentary rocks and stratigraphy. The book utilizes current research in tectonics and sedimentation and focuses on crucial geological principles. It covers a wide range of topics, including trace fossils, mudrocks and diagentetic structures.

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PREFACE PART I: SEDIMENTARY PROCESSES AND PRODUCTS: 1. Sedimentary Rocks: An Introduction; 2. Weathering and Soils; 3. Clastic Transport and Fluid Flow; 4. Sedimentary Structures.- PART II: SILICICLASTIC SEDIMENTS AND ENVIRONMENTS; 5. Sandstones and Conglomerates; 6. Mudrocks; 7. Siliciclastic Diagenesis; 8. Terrestrial Sedimentary Environments; 9. Coastal Environments; 10. Clastic Marine and Pelagic Environments.- PART III: BIOGENIC, CHEMICAL, AND OTHER NONSILICICLASTIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS 11. Carbonate Rocks; 12. Carbonate Environments; 13. Other Biogenic Sedimentary Rocks; 14. Chemical and Nonepiclastic Sedimentary Rocks.- PART IV: STRATIGRAPHY 15. Lithostratigraphy; 16. Biostratigraphy / Controlling Factors: Evolution and Paleoecology; 17. Geophysical and Chemostratigraphic Correlation; 18. Geochronology and Chronostratigraphy; 19. Sedimentary Rocks in Space and Time.- Appendices.- Glossary.