This fully revised and updated edition introduces the reader to
sedimentology and stratigraphic principles, and provides tools for
the interpretation of sediments and sedimentary rocks. The
processes of formation, transport and deposition of sediment are
considered and then applied to develop conceptual models for the
full range of sedimentary environments, from deserts to deep seas
and reefs to rivers.
Different approaches to using stratigraphic principles to date
and correlate strata are also considered, in order to provide a
comprehensive introduction to all aspects of sedimentology and
stratigraphy. The text and figures are designed to be accessible to
anyone completely new to the subject, and all of the illustrative
material is provided in an accompanying CD-ROM. High-resolution
versions of these images can also be downloaded from the companion
website for this book at:
eudora=’autourl’>www.wiley.com/go/nicholssedimentology.
Despre autor
GARY NICHOLS teaches sedimentology and stratigraphy at Royal Holloway University of London, UK, and has also recently taught courses at the University Centre on Svalbard, Norway. His research interests in the analysis of facies and sedimentary basins have taken him to every continent, providing experience of a wide range of sedimentary rocks types of different ages in a variety of depositional settings.
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