Practical Sedimentology by D.W. Lewis, D.M. McConchie.

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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Main Authors: Lewis, D.W (Author), McConchie, D.M (Author)
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Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1994.
Edition:2nd ed. 1994.
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505 0 |a 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. 
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