This textbook is a modern look at the key concepts of sedimentology and stratigraphy, and it is written for the undergraduate level. With lavish and abundant illustrations and easy-to-understand explanations, the book focuses on the concepts required to understand all sedimentary rocks and the processes involved in their formation.
This textbook is a modern look at the key concepts of sedimentology and stratigraphy, and it is written for the undergraduate level. With lavish and abundant illustrations and easy-to-understand explanations, the book focuses on the concepts required to understand all sedimentary rocks and the processes involved in their formation.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Sreepat Jain is a Professor at the Department of Applied Geology, Adama Science and Technology University, Adama, Ethiopia, with 22 years of teaching and over two and a half decades of research experience. Prof. Jain holds two doctorates, one from India and the other from the United States. He was awarded the TA Excellence in Teaching in the United States and also the prestigious Prof. S. K. Singh Memorial Gold Medal from the Palaeontological Society of India for best research paper. He has published several research articles in national and international peer-reviewed journals and has authored three books. He also serves as a reviewer for several international geoscience journals.
Inhaltsangabe
Section I. Basic Concepts. 1. Weathering and soils. 2. Sediment properties. 3. Sediment transport mechanisms. Section II. Sedimentary Structures and their Environment of Deposition. 4. Sedimentary structures. Section III. Composition and Classification of Sedimentary Rocks. 5. Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks. 6. Carbonate rocks. 7. Chemical/biochemical and carbonaceous sedimentary rocks. Section IVa. Depositional Systems: Continental Environments. 8. Fluvial system. 9. River system. 10. Lacustrine system. 11. Eolian system. 12. Glacial system. Section IVb. Depositional Systems: Marginal Marine Environments. 13. Deltaic system. 14. Beach and barrier-island system. 15. Estuarine system. 16. Lagoonal system. 17. Tidal-flat system. Section IVc. Depositional Systems: Siliciclastic Marine and Pelagic Environments. 18. Shelf environment. 19. Oceanic (deep-water) environment. Section IVd. Depositional Systems: Carbonate Shelf Environments. 20. Carbonate depositional environment. 21. Organic reef environment.
