Sedimentary geology

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 7
PART I: Sedimentary Processes and Products......Page 11
CHAPTER 1: Sedimentary Rocks: An Introduction......Page 13
CHAPTER 2: Weathering and Soils......Page 29
CHAPTER 3: Classic Transport and Fluid Flow......Page 43
CHAPTER 4: Sedimentary Structures......Page 59
PART II: Siliciclastic Sediments and Environments......Page 79
CHAPTER 5: Sandstones and Conglomerates......Page 81
CHAPTER 6: Mudrocks......Page 115
CHAPTER 7: Siliciclastic Diagenesis......Page 131
CHAPTER 8: Terrestrial Sedimentary Environments......Page 145
CHAPTER 9: Coastal Environments......Page 179
CHAPTER 10: Clastic Marine and Pelagic Environments......Page 205
PART III: Biogenic, Chemical, and Other Nonsiliciclastic Sedimentary Rocks......Page 233
CHAPTER 11: Carbonate Rocks......Page 235
CHAPTER 12: Carbonate Environments......Page 259
CHAPTER 13: Other Biogenic Sedimentary Rocks......Page 287
CHAPTER 14: Chemical and Nonepiclastic Sedimentary Rocks......Page 307
PART IV: Stratigraphy......Page 333
CHAPTER 15: Lithostratigraphy......Page 335
CHAPTER 16: Biostratigraphy......Page 375
CHAPTER 17: Geophysical and Chemostratigraphic Correlation......Page 391
CHAPTER 18: Geochronology and Chronostratigraphy......Page 429
CHAPTER 19: Sedimentary Rocks in Space and Time......Page 465
APPENDIXES......Page 503
APPENDIX A: North American Stratigraphic Code (1983)......Page 505
APPENDIX B: Geologic Time Scales......Page 545
GLOSSARY......Page 550
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 562
INDEX......Page 584
Back Cover......Page 604