An accessible and engaging introductory text for geology majors, the book covers both sedimentary rocks and stratigraphy. Sedimentary Geology utilizes important current research in tectonics and sedimentation and focuses on crucial geological principles. The book covers a wide range of topics, including trace fossils, mudrocks, diagentetic structures, and seismic stratigraphy. Contributions from chemistry, physics, and structure are drawn upon throughout the book.
Preface
To the Instructor
To the Student
Acknowledgments
Part I : Sedimentary Processes and Products
Chapter 1 : Sedimentary Rocks : An Introduction
Chapter 2 : Weathering and Soils
Chapter 3 : Clastic Transport and Fluid Flow
Chapter 4 : Sedimentary Structures
Part II : Siliciclastic Sediments and Environments
Chapter 5 : Sandstones and Conglomerates
Chapter 6 : Mudrocks
Chapter 7 : Siliciclastic Diagenesis
Chapter 8 : Terrestrial Sedimentary Environments
Chapter 9 : Coastal Environments
Chapter 10 : Clastic Marine and Pelagic Environments
Part III : Biogenic, Chemical, and Other Nonsiliciclastic Sedimentary Rocks
Chapter 11 : Carbonate Rocks
Chapter 12 : Carbonate Environments
Chapter 13 : Other Biogenic Sedimentary Rocks
Chapter 14 : Chemical and Nonepiclastic Sedimentary Rocks
Part IV : Stratigraphy
Chapter 15 : Lithostratigraphy
Chapter 16 : Biostratigraphy
Chapter 17 : Geophysical and Chemostratigraphic Correlation
Chapter 18 : Geochronology and Chronostratigraphy
Chapter 19 : Sedimentary Rocks in Space and Time
Appendix A : North American Stratigraphy Code
Appendix B : Geologic Time Scales
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
