Sedimentary Geology

Using a conversational tone, Sedimentary Geology makes important concepts accessible while demonstrating how sedimentary strata serves geologists as a continuous record of Earths history.

I. Sedimentary Processes and Products
1. Sedimentary Rocks: An Introduction
2. Weathering and Soils
3. Clastic Transport and Fluid Flow
4. Sedimentary Structures

II. Siliciclastic Sediments and Environments
5. Sandstones and Conglomerates
6. Mudrocks
7. Siliciclastic Diagenesis
8. Terrestrial Sedimentary Environments
9. Coastal Environments
10. Clastic Marine and Pelagic Environments

III. Biogenic, Chemical, and Other Nonsiliciclastic Sedimentary Rocks
11. Carbonate Rocks
12. Carbonate Environments
13. Other Biogenic Sedimentary Rocks
14. Chemical and Nonepiclastic Sedimentary Rocks

IV. Stratigraphy
15. Lithostratigraphy
16. Biostratigraphy
17. Geophysical and Chemostratigraphic Correlation
18. Geochronology and Chronostratigraphy
19. Sedimentary Rocks in Space and Time

Appendixes
A North American Stratigraphic Code (1983)
B Geologic Time Scales
Glossary
Bibliography
Index