Earth surface processes, landforms and sediment deposits/ John Bridge and Robert Demicco.
Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008Description: xiii, 815 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 26 cmISBN: 9780521857802 (hbk.); 0521857805 (hbk.)Subject(s): Sedimentation and deposition | Earth (Planet) -- SurfaceDDC classification: 550Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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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 | P19221 |
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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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