TY - BOOK AU - Nichols,Gary TI - Sedimentology and stratigraphy SN - 9781405135924 AV - QE571 .N53 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - Chichester, UK, Hoboken, NJ PB - Wiley-Blackwell KW - Sedimentation and deposition KW - Geology, Stratigraphic N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages [398]-410) and index; 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 ER -