Sedimentology and stratigraphy - Nichols, Gary (Chichester, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009)
Introduction: sedimentology and stratigraphy --Terrigenous clastic sediments: gravel, sand and mud --Biogenic, chemical and volcanogenic sediments --Processes of transport and sedimentary structures --Field sedimentology, facies and environments --Continents: sources of sediment --Glacial environments --Aeolian environments --Rivers and alluvial fans --Lakes --The marine realm: morphology and processes --Deltas --Clastic coasts and estuaries --Shallow sandy seas --Shallow marine carbonate and evaporite environments --Deep marine environments --Volcanic rocks and sediments --Post-depositional structures and diagenesis --Stratigraphy: concepts and lithostratigraphy --Biostratigraphy --Dating and correlation techniques --Subsurface stratigraphy and sedimentology --Sequence stratigraphy and sea-level changes --Sedimentary changes
Includes bibliographical references (pages [398]-410) and index
Keywords: Sedimentation and deposition; Geology, Stratigraphic