Introduction to Sedimentology

Introduction

A concise account of all major branches of sedimentary geology, highlighting the connecting links between them.

Processes of sedimentation

Sedimentary texture

Sedimentary petrology

Hydraulics, sediment transportation and structures of mechanical origin

Sedimentary environments and facies

Tectonics and sedimentation

Stratigraphy and sedimentation

Basin analysis: A synthesis

References

Index