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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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11 The Marine Realm: Morphology and Processes
11.1 DIVISIONS OF THE MARINE REALM
11.2 TIDES
11.3 WAVE AND STORM PROCESSES
11.4 THERMO-HALINE AND GEOSTROPHIC CURRENTS
11.5 CHEMICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL SEDIMENTATION IN OCEANS
11.6 MARINE FOSSILS
11.7 TRACE FOSSILS
11.8 MARINE ENVIRONMENTS: SUMMARY
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12 Deltas
12.1 RIVER MOUTHS, DELTAS AND ESTUARIES
12.2 TYPES OF DELTA
12.3 DELTA ENVIRONMENTS AND SUCCESSIONS
12.4 VARIATIONS IN DELTA MORPHOLOGY AND FACIES
12.5 DELTAIC CYCLES AND STRATIGRAPHY
12.6 SYNDEPOSITIONAL DEFORMATION IN DELTAS
12.7 RECOGNITION OF DELTAIC DEPOSITS
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13 Clastic Coasts and Estuaries
13.1 COASTS
13.2 BEACHES
13.3 BARRIER AND LAGOON SYSTEMS
13.4 TIDES AND COASTAL SYSTEMS
13.5 COASTAL SUCCESSIONS
13.6 ESTUARIES
13.7 FOSSILS IN COASTAL AND ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENTS
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14 Shallow Sandy Seas
14.1 SHALLOW MARINE ENVIRONMENTS OF TERRIGENOUS CLASTIC DEPOSITION
14.2 STORM-DOMINATED SHALLOW CLASTIC SEAS
14.3 TIDE-DOMINATED CLASTIC SHALLOW SEAS
14.4 RESPONSES TO CHANGE IN SEA LEVEL
14.5 CRITERIA FOR THE RECOGNITION OF SANDY SHALLOW-MARINE SEDIMENTS
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15 Shallow Marine Carbonate and Evaporite Environments
15.1 CARBONATE AND EVAPORITE DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS
15.2 COASTAL CARBONATE AND EVAPORITE ENVIRONMENTS
15.3 SHALLOW MARINE CARBONATE ENVIRONMENTS
15.4 TYPES OF CARBONATE PLATFORM
15.5 MARINE EVAPORITES
15.6 MIXED CARBONATE–CLASTIC ENVIRONMENTS
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16 Deep Marine Environments
16.1 OCEAN BASINS
16.2 SUBMARINE FANS
16.3 SLOPE APRONS
16.4 CONTOURITES
16.5 OCEANIC SEDIMENTS
16.6 FOSSILS IN DEEP OCEAN SEDIMENTS
16.7 RECOGNITION OF DEEP OCEAN DEPOSITS: SUMMARY
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17 Volcanic Rocks and Sediments
17.1 VOLCANIC ROCKS AND SEDIMENT
17.2 TRANSPORT AND DEPOSITION OF VOLCANICLASTIC MATERIAL
17.3 ERUPTION STYLES
17.4 FACIES ASSOCIATIONS IN VOLCANIC SUCCESSIONS
17.5 VOLCANIC MATERIAL IN OTHER ENVIRONMENTS
17.6 VOLCANIC ROCKS IN EARTH HISTORY
17.7 RECOGNITION OF VOLCANIC DEPOSITS: SUMMARY
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18 Post-depositional Structures and Diagenesis
18.1 POST-DEPOSITIONAL MODIFICATION OF SEDIMENTARY LAYERS
18.2 DIAGENETIC PROCESSES
18.3 CLASTIC DIAGENESIS
18.4 CARBONATE DIAGENESIS
18.5 POST-DEPOSITIONAL CHANGES TO EVAPORITES
18.6 DIAGENESIS OF VOLCANICLASTIC SEDIMENTS
18.7 FORMATION OF COAL, OIL AND GAS
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19 Stratigraphy: Concepts and Lithostratigraphy
19.1 GEOLOGICAL TIME
19.2 STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS
19.3 LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY
19.4 APPLICATIONS OF LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY
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20 Biostratigraphy
20.1 FOSSILS AND STRATIGRAPHY
20.2 CLASSIFICATION OF ORGANISMS
20.3 EVOLUTIONARY TRENDS
20.4 BIOZONES AND ZONE FOSSILS
20.5 TAXA USED IN BIOSTRATIGRAPHY
20.6 BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION
20.7 BIOSTRATIGRAPHY IN RELATION TO OTHER STRATIGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES
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21 Dating and Correlation Techniques
21.1 DATING AND CORRELATION TECHNIQUES
21.2 RADIOMETRIC DATING
21.3 OTHER ISOTOPIC AND CHEMICAL TECHNIQUES
21.4 MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY
21.5 DATING IN THE QUATERNARY
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22 Subsurface Stratigraphy and Sedimentology
22.1 INTRODUCTION TO SUBSURFACE STRATIGRAPHY AND SEDIMENTOLOGY
22.2 SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA
22.3 BOREHOLE STRATIGRAPHY AND SEDIMENTOLOGY
22.4 GEOPHYSICAL LOGGING
22.5 SUBSURFACE FACIES AND BASIN ANALYSIS
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23 Sequence Stratigraphy and Sea-level Changes
23.1 SEA-LEVEL CHANGES AND SEDIMENTATION
23.2 DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCES AND SYSTEMS TRACTS
23.3 PARASEQUENCES: COMPONENTS OF SYSTEMS TRACTS
23.4 CARBONATE SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY
23.5 SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY IN NON-MARINE BASINS
23.6 ALTERNATIVE SCHEMES IN SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY
23.7 APPLICATIONS OF SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY
23.8 CAUSES OF SEA-LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS
23.9 SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY: SUMMARY
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24 Sedimentary Basins
24.1 CONTROLS ON SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION
24.2 BASINS RELATED TO LITHOSPHERIC EXTENSION
24.3 BASINS RELATED TO SUBDUCTION
24.4 BASINS RELATED TO CRUSTAL LOADING
24.5 BASINS RELATED TO STRIKE-SLIP TECTONICS
24.6 COMPLEX AND HYBRID BASINS
24.7 THE RECORD OF TECTONICS IN STRATIGRAPHY
24.8 SEDIMENTARY BASIN ANALYSIS
24.9 THE SEDIMENTARY RECORD
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