Sedimentology and Sedimentary Basins

Sedimentology is a core discipline of earth and environmental sciences. It enquires the origins, transport and deposition of mineral sediment on the Earth's surface. The subject is a link between positive effects arising from the building of relief by tectonics and the negative action of denudation in drainage catchments and tectonic subsidence in sedimentary basins. The author addresses the principles of the subject, emphasising the advantages of a general science approach and the importance of understanding modern processes. Sedimentology and Sedimentary Basins is not an encyclopaedia, but attempts to stimulate interdisciplinary thought across the whole subject area and related disciplines. The book has been designed to meet the needs of earth and environmental science undergraduates.

Sedimentology is a core discipline of earth and environmentalsciences. It enquires the origins, transport and deposition ofmineral sediment on the Earth's surface. The subject is a linkbetween positive effects arising from the building of relief bytectonics and the negative action of denudation in drainagecatchments and tectonic subsidence in sedimentary basins.The author addresses the principles of the subject, emphasisingthe advantages of a general science approach and the importance ofunderstanding modern processes. Sedimentology and SedimentaryBasins is not an encyclopaedia, but attempts to stimulateinterdisciplinary thought across the whole subject area and relateddisciplines. The book has been designed to meet the needs of earthand environmental science undergraduates.

Part I: Introduction:.Sedimentology In The Earth Sciences.Part II: Origin And Types Of Sediment Grains:.Water-Rock Interactions - Chemical And Physical Breakdown OfCatchment Bedrock To Clastic Sediment Grains.The Inorganic And Organic Precipitation Of Sediment: ChemicalBiochemical And Biological.Part III: Users Guide To Sedimentological FluidDynamics:.Back To Basics: Fluid Flow In General.Flow In The Real World - Laminar And Turbulent Behaviour.Sediment Grains In Fluids - Settling, Transport AndFeedback.Part IV: Sediment Transport And SedimentaryStructures:.Bedforms And Structures Formed By Unidirectional Water FlowsOver Granular Sediment.Bedforms And Structures Formed By Atmospheric Flows.Oscillatory Water Waves, Combined Flows And Tides: TheirBedforms And Structures.Bedforms And Cohesive Sediment Transport And Erosion.Sediment Gravity Flows And Their Deposits.Liquification.Liquification Structures And Other 'Soft' Sediment DeformationStructures.Part V: External Controls On Sediment Derivation, TransportAnd Deposition:.Climate And Sedimentary Processes.Changing Sea Level And Sedimentary Sequences.Tectonics, Denudation Rates And Sediment Yields.Part VI: Sediment Deposition, Environments And Facies InContinental Environments:.Aeolian Sediments In Low-Latitude Deserts.Rivers.Alluvial Fans And Fan Deltas.Lakes.Ice.Part VII: Sediment Deposition, Environments And Facies InMarine Environments:.Estuaries.Deltas.'Linear' Clastic Shorelines.Carbonate-Evaporite Shorelines, Shelves And Basins.Shelves; Oceanic Processes And Sediments.Part VIII: Sedimentology In Sedimentary Basins:.Tectonic Subsidence And Deposition.Sedimentology In Sedimentary Basins