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Earth surface processes, landforms and sediment deposits/ John S. Bridge and Robert Demicco.

By: Bridge, John SContributor(s): Demicco, Robert VMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008Edition: 1st edDescription: xiii, 815 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 26 cmISBN: 9780521857802 (hbk.); 0521857805 (hbk.)Subject(s): Sedimentation and deposition | Earth (Planet) -- SurfaceDDC classification: 550

Contents:

Part I. Introduction: 1. Definitions, rationale and scope of the book 2. Overview of the Earth Part II. Production of Sediment at the Earth's Surface: 3. Weathering of rocks, production of terrigenous sediment, and soils 4. Biogenic and chemogenic sediment production Part III. Fundamentals of Fluid Flow, Sediment Transport, Erosion and Deposition: 5. Unidirectional turbulent water flow, sediment transport, erosion and deposition 6. Air flow, sediment transport, erosion and deposition 7. Multidirectional water flow, sediment transport, erosion and deposition 8. Movement of sediment by gravity 9. Generation and movement of volcaniclastic sediment 10. Ice flow, sediment transport, erosion and deposition 11. Biogenic and chemogenic depositional structures 12. Post-depositional deformation of soft sediment Part IV. Environments of Erosion and Deposition: 13. Rivers, alluvial plains and fans 14. Lakes 15. Coasts and shallow seas 16. Arid environments 17. Glacial and periglacial environments 18. Deep seas and oceans Part V. Sediment into Rock: Diagenesis: 19. Diagenesis Part VI. Long-term, Large-Scale Processes: Mountains and Sedimentary Basins: 20. Tectonic, climatic and eustatic controls on long-term, large-scale erosion and deposition

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books Science Library	Science Library, Sikkim University Science Library General Section	550 BRI/E (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	Books For SU Science Library		P19220

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [742]-794) and index.

Part I. Introduction:
1. Definitions, rationale and scope of the book
2. Overview of the Earth

Part II. Production of Sediment at the Earth's Surface:
3. Weathering of rocks, production of terrigenous sediment, and soils
4. Biogenic and chemogenic sediment production

Part III. Fundamentals of Fluid Flow, Sediment Transport, Erosion and Deposition:
5. Unidirectional turbulent water flow, sediment transport, erosion and deposition
6. Air flow, sediment transport, erosion and deposition
7. Multidirectional water flow, sediment transport, erosion and deposition
8. Movement of sediment by gravity
9. Generation and movement of volcaniclastic sediment
10. Ice flow, sediment transport, erosion and deposition
11. Biogenic and chemogenic depositional structures
12. Post-depositional deformation of soft sediment

Part IV. Environments of Erosion and Deposition:
13. Rivers, alluvial plains and fans
14. Lakes
15. Coasts and shallow seas
16. Arid environments
17. Glacial and periglacial environments
18. Deep seas and oceans

Part V. Sediment into Rock: Diagenesis:
19. Diagenesis

Part VI. Long-term, Large-Scale Processes: Mountains and Sedimentary Basins:
20. Tectonic, climatic and eustatic controls on long-term, large-scale erosion and deposition

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