Sedimentology and Sedimentary Basins From Turbulence to Tectonics

Name: Sedimentology and Sedimentary Basins From Turbulence to Tectonics
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ISBN: 9781405177832

ISBN-10: 1405177837

ISBN-13: 9781405177832

Edition: 2nd 2011

Authors: Mike R Leeder

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Book details

Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 1/21/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 784
Size: 7.40" wide x 9.60" long x 1.40" tall
Weight: 3.916
Language: English




Making Sediment



Clastic sediment as chemical and physical breakdown products



Carbonate, siliceous, iron-rich and evaporite sediments



Sediment grain properties



Moving fluid



Fluid basics



Types of Fluid Motion



Transporting sediment



Sediment in fluid and fluid flow - general



Bedforms and sedimentary structures in flows and under waves



Sediment gravity flows and their deposits



Liquefaction, fluidisation and sliding sediment deformation



Major external controls on sedimentation and sedimentary environments



Major External Controls on Sedimentation



Continental Sedimentary Environments



Rivers



Subaerial fans: alluvial and colluvial



Aeolian sediments in low-latitude deserts



Lakes



Ice



Marine Sedimentary Environments



Estuaries



River and fan deltas



Linear clastic shorelines



Shelves



Calcium carbonate-evaporite shorelines, shelves and basins



Deep ocean



Sedimentary Architecture of Sedimentary basins



Sediment in sedimentary basins: a user's guide



Topics: Sediment solutions to interdisciplinary problems



Sediments solve wider interdisciplinary problems