
- 320 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
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About this book
Ideas and concepts in sedimentology are changing rapidly but fundamental field work and data collection remain the basis of the science. This book is intended as a guide to the recognition and description of sedimentary rocks in the field. It aims to help the geologist know what to observe and record and how best to interpret this data. The emphasi
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- 1 OVERVIEW
- 2 FIELD TECHNIQUES
- 3 PRINCIPAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
- 4 CONGLOMERATES
- 5 SANDSTONES
- 6 MUDROCKS
- 7 CARBONATE ROCKS
- 8 CHERTS AND SILICEOUS SEDIMENTS
- 9 PHOSPHORITES
- 10 COAL AND OIL
- 11 EVAPORITES
- 12 IRONSTONES
- 13 SOILS, PALEOSOLS, AND DURICRUSTS
- 14 VOLCANICLASTIC SEDIMENTS
- 15 INTERPRETATIONS AND DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS
- REFERENCES AND KEY TEXTS
- METRIC–IMPERIAL CONVERSIONS
- APPENDICES
- Back Cover