Sedimentology and sedimentary basins : from turbulence to tectonics / Mike Leeder

Includes bibliographical references and index

Preface Acknowledgements Part 1: Making Sediment Introduction Clastic sediment as a chemical and physical breakdown product 2 Carbonate, siliceous, iron-rich and evaporate sediments 3 Sediment grain properties Part 2: Moving Fluid 4 Fluid basics 5 Types of fluid motion Part 3: Transporting Sediment 6 Sediment in fluid and fluid flow general 7 Bedforms and sedimentary structures in flows and under waves 8 Sediment gravity flows and their deposits 9 Liquefaction, fluidization and sliding sediment deformation Part 4: Major External Controls on Sedimentation and Sedimentary Environments 10 Major external controls on sedimentation Part 5: Continental Sedimentary Environments 11 Rivers 12 Subaerial Fans: Alluvial and Colluvial 13 Aeolian Sediments in Low-Latitude Deserts 14 Lakes 15 Ice Part 6: Marine Sedimentary Environments 16 Estuaries 17 River and Fan Deltas 18 Linear Siliciclastic Shorelines 19 Siliciclastic Shelves 20 Calcium-carbonate evaporite Shorelines, 21 Deep Ocean Part 7: Architecture of Sedimentary Basins 22 Sediment in Sedimentary Basins: A User s Guide Part 8: Topics: Sediment Solutions to Interdisciplinary Problems 23 Sediments Solve Wider Interdisciplinary Cookies Maths Appendix References Index Colour plates fall between

"The sedimentary record on Earth stretches back more than 4.3 billion years and is present in more abbreviated forms on companion planets of the Solar System, like Mars and Venus, and doubtless elsewhere. Reading such planetary archives correctly requires intimate knowledge of modern sedimentary processes acting within the framework provided by tectonics, climate and sea or lake level variations. The subject of sedimentology thus encompasses the origins, transport and deposition of mineral sediment on planetary surfaces. The author addresses the principles of the subject from the viewpoint of modern processes, emphasising a general science narrative approach in the main text, with quantitative background derived in enabling 'cookie' appendices. The book ends with an innovative chapter dealing with how sedimentology is currently informing a variety of cognate disciplines, from the timing and extent tectonic uplift to variations in palaeoclimate. Each chapter concludes with a detailed guide to key further reading leading to a large bibliography of over 2500 entries. The book is designed to reach an audience of senior undergraduate and graduate students and interested academic and industry professionals."--Provided by publisher

"The sedimentary record on Earth stretches back more than 4.3 billion years and is present in more abbreviated forms on companion planets of the Solar System, like Mars and Venus, and doubtless elsewhere"--Provided by publisher

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