Sedimentology and sedimentary basins: from turbulence to tectonics

The sedimentary record on Earth stretches back more than 4.3 billion years and is present in more abbreviated forms on companion planets of the Solar System, like Mars and Venus, and doubtless elsewhere. Reading such planetary archives correctly requires intimate knowledge of modern sedimentary processes acting within the framework provided by tectonics, climate and sea or lake level variations. The subject of sedimentology thus encompasses the origins, transportand deposition of mineral sediment on planetary surfaces INDICE: Part 1 Making Sediment. Chapter 1 Clastic sediment as chemical andphysical breakdown products. Chapter 2 Carbonate, siliceous, iron-rich and evaporite sediments. Chapter 3 Sediment grain properties. Part 2 Moving fluid. Chapter 4 Fluid basics. Chapter 5 Types of Fluid Motion. Part 3 Transporting sediment. Chapter 6 Sediment in fluid and fluid flow general. Chapter 7 Bedformsand sedimentary structures in flows and under waves. Chapter 8 Sediment gravity flows and their deposits. Chapter 9 Liquefaction, fluidisation and sliding sediment deformation. Part 4 Major external controls on sedimentation and sedimentary environments. Chapter 10 Major External Controls on Sedimentation. Part 5 Continental Sedimentary Environments. Chapter 11 Rivers. Chapter 12 Subaerial fans: alluvial and colluvial. Chapter 13Aeolian sediments in low-latitude deserts. Chapter 14 Lakes. Chapter 15 Ice. Part 6 Marine Sedimentary Environments. Chapter 16 Estuaries. Chapter 17 River and fan deltas. Chapter 18 Linear clastic shorelines. Chapter 19 Shelves. Chapter 20 Calcium carbonate-evaporiteshorelines, shelves and basins. Chapter 21 Deep ocean. Part 7 Sedimentary Architecture of Sedimentary basins. Chapter 22 Sediment in sedimentary basins: a user's guide. Part 8 Topics: Sediment solutions to interdisciplinary problems.Chapter 23 Sediments solve wider interdisciplinary problems.

• ISBN: 978-1-4051-7783-2
• Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 608
• Fecha Publicación: 31/12/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés