Sedimentary structures

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Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction to the study of sedimentary structures
	1.1 The nature of this book
	1.2 The wider geological context of sedimentary structures
	1.3 Sedimentary structures and science
	Study techniques
2 Bedding
	2.1 The nature of bedding
	2.2 The significance of bedding
	Study techniques
3 Basic properties of fluids, flows and sediment
	3.1 Introduction
	3.2 Properties of low-viscosity fluids and flows
	3.3 Waves
	3.4 Properties of sediments moved by flows
	3.5 Erosion
	3.6 Modes of sediment transport
	3.7 Sediment gravity flows
	3.8 Pyroclastic density currents
	Study techniques
4 Erosional structures
	4.1 Introduction
	4.2 Sole marks
	4.3 Small-scale structures on modern and ancient upper surfaces
	4.4 Erosional features in vertical section
	Study techniques
5 Depositional structures in muds, mudstones and shales
	5.1 Introduction
	5.2 Structures and lamination
	Study techniques
6 Depositional structures of sands and sandstones
	6.1 Aqueous ripples and cross lamination
	6.2 Aqueous dunes, sandwaves, bars and cross bedding
	6.3 Flat beds and parallel lamination
	6.4 Undulating smooth surfaces and lamination
	6.5 Hummocky and swaley cross stratification
	6.6 Massive sand beds
	6.7 Normally graded beds, inverse grading, the Bouma sequence and hybrid-event beds
	6.8 Aeolian bedforms and lamination
	Study techniques
7 Depositional structures in gravels, conglomerates and breccias
	7.1 Introduction
	7.2 Classification
	7.3 Morphology and general settings of gravel deposition
	7.4 Textures, fabrics, and structures: their mode of formation
	7.5 Processes of formation of mass properties and structures
	7.6 Uses of structures
	Study techniques
8 Depositional structures of chemical and biological origin
	8.1 Introduction
	8.2 Chemical precipitation
	8.3 Precipitation and binding of sediment by organisms
	8.4 Early cementation
	8.5 Other bedding phenomena in limestones
	Study techniques
9 Structures due to deformation and disturbance
	9.1 Introduction
	9.2 Physically induced soft-sediment deformation
	9.3 Chemically induced disturbance
	9.4 Biogenic sedimentary structures: trace fossils
	Study techniques
10 Assemblages of structures and environmental interpretation
	10.1 Introduction
	10.2 Mapping of modern environments
	10.3 Measurement of sections in rock successions
	10.4 Interpretation of vertical sequences in rocks
	10.5 Key stratigraphic surfaces
	10.6 Interpretation of lateral relationships in sedimentary rocks
	Study techniques
Appendix 1 Directional data: collection, display, analysis and interpretation
Appendix 2 Sampling and preserving unconsolidated sediments
Appendix 3 Methods for studying present-day environments
Appendix 4 Techniques for the study of trace fossils
Appendix 5 Techniques for sedimentary logging
Appendix 6 Key to common sedimentary lithologies and structures
Bibliography
Index
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