Sedimentology and stratigraphy / Gary Nichols

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Title page; copyright; preface; acknowledgements
1. introduction: sedimentology and stratigraphy-- 1.1 sedimentary processes--1.2 sedimentary environments and facies-- 1.3 the spectrum of environments and facies-- 1.4 stratigraphy-- 1.5 the structure of this book—
2. terrigenous clastic sediments: gravel, sand and mud-- 2.1 classification of sediments and sedimentary rocks-- 2.2 gravel and conglomerate-- 2.3 sand and sandstone-- 2.4 clay, silt and mudrock-- 2.5 textures and analysis of terrigenous clastic sedimentary rocks-- 2.6 terrigenous clastic sediments: summary.—
3. biogenic, chemical and volcanogenic sediments--3.1 limestone-- 3.2 evaporite minerals-- 3.3 cherts--3.4 sedimentary phosphates-- 3.5 sedimentary ironstone-- 3.6 carbonaceous (organic) deposits-- 3.7 volcaniclastic sedimentary rocks—
4. processes of transport and sedimentary structures-- 4.1 transport media-- 4.2 the behaviour of fluids and particles in fluids-- 4.3 flows, sediment and bedforms-- 4.4 waves-- 4.5 mass flows-- 4.6 mudcracks-- 4.7 erosional sedimentary structures-- 4.8 terminology for sedimentary structures and beds-- 4.9 sedimentary structures and sedimentary environments.—
5. field sedimentology, facies and environments--5.1 field sedimentology-- 5.2 graphic sedimentary logs--5.3 palaeocurrents-- 5.4 collection of rock samples-- 5.5 description of core; 5.6 interpreting past depositional environments-- 5.7 reconstructing palaeoenvironments in space and time; 5.8 summary: facies and environments—
6. continents: sources of sediment-- 6.1 from source of sediment to formation of strata--6.2 mountain-building processes-- 6.3 global climate-- 6.4 weathering processes-- 6.5 erosion and transport-- 6.6 denudation and landscape evolution-- 6.7 tectonics and denudation.-- 6.8 measuring rates of denudation--6.9 denudation and sediment supply: summary--
7 .glacial environments--7.1 distribution of glacial environments-- 7.2 glacial ice-- 7.3 glaciers-- 7.4 continental glacial deposition-- 7.5 marine glacial environments-- 7.6 distribution of glacial deposits-- 7.7 ice, climate and tectonics-- 7.8 summary of glacial environments--
8. aeolian environments-- 8.1 aeolian transport-- 8.2 deserts and ergs-- 8.3 characteristics of wind-blown particles-- 8.4 aeolian bedforms-- 8.5 desert environments-- 8.6 aeolian deposits outside deserts-- 8.7 summary—
9. rivers and alluvial fans.-- 9.1 fluvial and alluvial systems--9.2 river forms-- 9.3 floodplain deposition-- 9.4 patterns in fluvial deposits-- 9.5 alluvial fans-- 9.6 fossils in fluvial and alluvial environments--9.7 soils and palaeosols-- 9.8 fluvial and alluvial fan deposition: summary—
10. lakes--10.1 lakes and lacustrine environments-- 10.2 freshwater lakes-- 10.3 saline lakes-- 10.4 ephemeral lakes-- 10.5 controls on lacustrine deposition-- 10.6 life in lakes and fossils in lacustrine deposits-- 10.7 recognition of lacustrine facies—
11. the marine realm: morphology and processes--11.1 divisions of the marine realm-- 11.2 tides.