Sedimentary Environments

"Sedimentary Environments" has been one of the most distinguished and influential textbooks in the earth sciences published in the last twenty years. The two earlier editions won universal praise and became classic works. Since the publication of the second edition, knowledge and understanding of the importance of external controls on sedimentary environments has blossomed.This edition therefore places greater emphasis on sequence stratigraphy, architectural elements and allocyclic controls while retaining an extensive coverage of environments and the processes that operate within them. This should ensure that this edition sets a further benchmark in sedimentary geology. '...required reading for the professional geologist along with any serious graduate or senior undergraduate student.' - "Journal of Sedimentary Petrology". 'Every sedimentologist who practices the study of facies and environments should have this edition on his or her shelf.' - "Sedimentary Geology". 'It is a must for university libraries as it forms an excellent basis for the subject.' - "Earth Science Review".

ISBN 0632036273   DEWEY edition DC21 ISBN13 9780632036271 (What's this?)   Pages 704 Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd   Volumes 1 Imprint Blackwell Science Ltd   Weight (grammes) 1736 Format Paperback   Published in Oxford Publication date 17 Oct 1996   Height (mm) 275 Non-book description xiv, 688 p. :   Width (mm) 221 Library of Congress QE471.S378   Spine width (mm) 38 DEWEY 552.5   Academic level Undergraduate, Professional / Scholarly, Postgraduate

		Contributors
		Preface
1		Introduction by H. G. Reading		1
2		Controls on the sedimentary rock record by H. G. Reading and B. K. Levell		5
3		Alluvial sediments by J. D. Collinson		37
4		Lakes by M. R. Talbot and P. A. Allen		83
5		Desert aeolian systems by G. A. Kocurek		125
6		Clastic coasts by H. G. Reading and J. D. Collinson		154
7		Shallow clastic seas by H. D. Johnson and C. T. Baldwin		232
8		Marine evaporites: arid shorelines and basins by A. C. Kendall and G. M. Harwood		281
9		Shallow-water carbonate environments by V. P. Wright and T. P. Burchette		325
10		Deep seas by D. A. V. Stow and H. G. Reading and J. D. Collinson		395
11		Glacial sediments by J. M. G. Miller		454
12		Volcanic environments by G. J. Orton		485
13		Problems and perspectives by H. G. Reading		568
		References		574
		Index		669

"...definitely one of the best summaries and best written statements on the subject available today.... Every sedimentologist, stratigrapher, sedimentary petrologist and earth resources geologist should have a copy in their personal library." (Journal of Sedimentary Petrology)

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