Sedimentology and Sedimentary Basins: From Turbulence to Tectonics, 2nd Edition

Preface, xi

Acknowledgements, xiii

Part 1: Making Sediment

Introduction, 1

1 Clastic sediment as a chemical and physical breakdown product, 3

2 Carbonate, siliceous, iron-rich and evaporate sediments, 27

3 Sediment grain properties, 57

Part 2: Moving Fluid

4 Fluid basics, 69

5 Types of fluid motion, 84

Part 3: Transporting Sediment

6 Sediment in fluid and fluid flow—general, 113

7 Bedforms and sedimentary structures in flows and under waves, 132

8 Sediment gravity flows and their deposits, 171

9 Liquefaction, fluidization and sliding sediment deformation, 198

Part 4: Major External Controls on Sedimentation and Sedimentary Environments

10 Major external controls on sedimentation, 213

Part 5: Continental Sedimentary Environments

11 Rivers, 245

12 Subaerial Fans: Alluvial and Colluvial, 282

13 Aeolian Sediments in Low-Latitude Deserts, 295

14 Lakes, 319

15 Ice, 344

Part 6: Marine Sedimentary Environments

16 Estuaries, 371

17 River and Fan Deltas, 386

18 Linear Siliciclastic Shorelines, 417

19 Siliciclastic Shelves

20 Calcium-carbonate–evaporite Shorelines,

21 Deep Ocean, 514

Part 7: Architecture of Sedimentary Basins

22 Sediment in Sedimentary Basins: A User’s Guide, 563

Part 8: Topics: Sediment Solutions to Interdisciplinary Problems

23 Sediments Solve Wider Interdisciplinary

Cookies, 646

Maths Appendix, 697

References, 702

Index, 753

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