Encyclopedia of sediments & sedimentary rocks
"This encyclopedia, which constitutes a wide ranging and authoritative collection of academic articles, covers the sedimentological aspects of sediments and sedimentary rocks. As such the encyclopedia provides a comprehensive, one-volume reference work for students and faculty in university, an...
| Other Authors: | Middleton, Gerard V. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht ; Boston :
Kluwer Academic Publishers,
[2003]
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| Physical Description: |
xxx, 821 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. |
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Kluwer Academic encyclopedia of earth sciences series.
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Table of contents Publisher description |
| Summary: |
"This encyclopedia, which constitutes a wide ranging and authoritative collection of academic articles, covers the sedimentological aspects of sediments and sedimentary rocks. As such the encyclopedia provides a comprehensive, one-volume reference work for students and faculty in university, and for professionals in geology and allied disciplines (geography, engineering, environmental studies), as well as informed lay readers."--Jacket. |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Algal and Bacterial Carbonate Sediments / Robert Riding -- Allophane and Imogolite / Roger L. Parfitt -- Alluvial Fans / Adrian M. Harvey -- Anabranching Rivers / Gerald C. Nanson and Martin R. Gibling -- Ancient Karst / Brian Jones -- Angle of Repose / Paul D. Komar -- Anhydrite and Gypsum / Lawrence A. Hardie -- Ankerite (in Sediments) / James P. Hendry -- Armor / Rob Ferguson -- Atterberg Limits / Michael J. Bovis -- Attrition (Abrasion), Fluvial / Michael Church -- Attrition (Abrasion), Marine / Hillert Ibbeken -- Authigenesis / James R. Boles -- Autosuspension / Henry M. Pantin -- Avalanche and Rock Fall / Michael J. Bovis -- Avulsion / Norman D. Smith -- Bacteria in Sediments / Nora Noffke -- Ball-and-Pillow (Pillow) Structure / Geraint Owen -- Bar, Littoral / Brian Greenwood -- Barrier Islands / Duncan M. FitzGerald and Ilya V. Buynevich -- Bauxite / Ray L. Frost -- Beachrock / Eberhard Gischler -- Bedding and Internal Structures / Franco Ricci-Lucchi and Alessandro Amorosi -- Bedset and Laminaset / John S. Bridge -- Bentonites and Tonsteins / D. Alan Spears -- Berthierine / Fred J. Longstaffe -- Bioclasts / Paul Enos -- Bioerosion / Markus Bertling -- Biogenic Sedimentary Structures / S. George Pemberton -- Black Shales / Juergen Schieber -- Braided Channels / Peter Ashmore -- Calcite Compensation Depth / Sherwood Wise -- Caliche -- Calcrete / V. Paul Wright -- Carbonate Diagenesis and Microfabrics / Robin G.C. Bathurst -- Carbonate Mineralogy and Geochemistry / Fred T. Mackenzie -- Carbonate Mud-Mounds / Pierre-Andre Bourque -- Cathodoluminescence (applied to the study of sedimentary rocks) / Stuart D. Burley -- Cation Exchange / Balwant Singh -- Cave Sediments / Brian Jones -- Cements and Cementation / Peter A. Scholle and Dana Ulmer-Scholle -- Chalk / Ida L. Fabricius -- Charcoal in Sediments / Andrew C. Scott -- Chlorite in Sediments / Stephen Hillier -- Classification of Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks / Gerald M. Friedman -- Clastic (Neptunian) Dykes and Sills / A. Demoulin -- Clathrates / Miriam Kastner -- Clay Mineralogy / Stephen Hillier -- Climatic Control of Sedimentation / Greg H. Mack -- Coal Balls / Andrew C. Scott -- Coastal Sedimentary Facies / H. Edward Clifton -- Colloidal Properties of Sediments / Sandip Chattopadhyaya and Devamita Chattopadhyay -- Colors of Sedimentary Rocks / Paul Myrow -- Compaction (Consolidation) of Sediments / Knut Bjorlykke -- Convolute Lamination / Gerard V. Middleton -- Coring Methods. Cores / Arnold H. Bouma -- Cross-Stratification / David M. Rubin -- Cyclic Sedimenation / Robert K. Goldhammer -- Debris Flow / Jon J. Major -- Dedolomitization / Mario Coniglio -- Deformation of Sediments / John D. Collinson -- Deformation Structures and Growth Faults / John D. Collinson -- Deltas and Estuaries / Janok Bhattacharya -- Depositional Fabric of Mudstones / Juergen Schieber -- Desert Sedimentary Environments / Joseph P. Smoot -- Desiccation Structures (Mud Cracks, etc.) / P.W. Geoff Tanner -- Diagenesis / Kitty L. Milliken -- Diagenetic Structures / Peter Mozley -- Diffusion, Chemical / Bernard P. Baudrean -- Diffusion, Turbulent / Andrew J. Hogg -- Dish Structure / Zoltan Sylvester and Donald R. Lowe -- Dolomite Textures / Duncan Sibley -- Dolomites and Dolomitization / Hans G. Machel -- Dunes, Eolian / Nicholas Lancaster -- Earth Flows / Rex L. Baum -- Encrinites / William L. Ausich -- Eolian Transport and Deposition / Cheryl McKenna Neuman -- Erosion and Sediment Yield / Robert E. Stallard -- Evaporites / Lawrence A. Hardie and Tim K. Lowenstein -- Extraterrestrial Material in Sediments / Christian Koeherl -- Fabric, Porosity, and Permeability / Gerard V. Middleton -- Facies Models / Harold G. Reading -- Fan Delta / George Postma -- Features Indicating Impact and Shock Metamorphism / Wolf Uwe Reimold -- Feldspars in Sedimentary Rocks / Sadoon Morad -- Flame Structure / Gerard V. Middleton -- Flaser / Burghard W. Flemming -- Flocculation / Morten Pejrup -- Floodplain Sediments / Andres Aslan -- Floods and Other Catastrophic Events / Victor R. Baker -- Flow Resistance / Robert Millar -- Fluid Escape Structures / Zoltan Sylvester and Donald R. Lowe -- Fluid Inclusions / Robert H. Goldstein -- Flume / Basil Gomez -- Forensic Sedimentology / Raymond C. Murray -- Gases in Sediments / Chris J. Clayton -- Geodes / Kitty L. Milliken -- Geophysical Properties of Sediments (Acoustical, Electrical, Radioactive) / Anthony L. Endres -- Geothermic Characteristics of Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks / Daniel F. Merriam -- Glacial Sediments: Processes, Environments and Facies / Michael J. Hambrey and Neil F. Glasser -- Glaucony and Verdine / Alessandro Amorosi -- Grading, Graded Bedding / Richard N. Hiscott -- Grain Flow / Charles S. Campbell -- Grain Settling / Paul D. Komar -- Grain Size and Shape / Michael J. Church -- Grain Threshold / Paul D. Komar -- Gravity-Driven Mass Flows / Richard M. Iverson -- Gutters and Gutter Casts / Paul Myrow -- Heavy Mineral Shadows / Rick Cheel -- Heavy Minerals / Andrew C. Morton -- Hindered Settling / Jon J. Major -- Humic Substances in Sediments / Laura J. Crossey -- Hummocky and Swaley Cross-Stratification / Rick Cheel -- Hydrocarbons in Sediments / Martin Fowler -- Hydroxides and Oxyhydroxide Minerals / Helge Stanjek -- Illite Group Clay Minerals / Jan Srodon -- Imbrication and Flow-Oriented Clasts / Cyril Galvin -- Impregnation / Scott F. Lamoureux -- Iron-Manganese Nodules / Stephen E. Calvert -- Ironstones and Iron Formations / Bruce M. Simonson -- Isotopic Methods in Sedimentology / Fred J. Longstaffe -- Kaolin Group Minerals / Rossman F. Giese, Jr. -- Kerogen / Raphael A.J. Wust and R. Marc Bustin -- Lacustrine Sedimentation / Robert Gilbert -- Laterites / Yves Tardy -- Lepispheres / Sherwood W. Wise, Jr. -- Liquefaction and Fluidization / Charles S. Campbell -- Load Structures / John R.L. Allen -- Lunar Sediments / Abhijit Basu -- Magadiite / Robin W. Renaut -- Magnetic Properties of Sediments / Mark J. Dekkers -- Mass Movement / Michael J. Bovis -- Maturation, Organic / R. Marc Bustin and Raphael A.J. Wust -- Maturity: Textural and Compositional / Raymond V. Ingersoll -- Meandering Channels / Edward J. Hickin -- Melange: Melange / John W.F. Waldron -- Micritization / Ian G. MacIntyre and R. Pamela Reid -- Microbially Induced Sedimentary Structures / Nora Noffke -- Milankovitch Cycles / Linda Hinnov -- Mixed Siliciclastic and Carbonate Sedimentation / Robert K. Goldhammer -- Mixed-Layer Clays / Jan Srodon -- Mixing Models / Bernard P. Boudreau -- Mudrocks / Paul E. Potter -- Neomorphism and Recrystallization / J.A.D. Dickson -- Nepheloid Layer, Sediment / I. Nicholas McCave -- Neritic Carbonate Depositional Environments / Noel P. James -- Numerical Models and Simulation of Sediment Transport and Deposition / Rudy L. Slingerland -- Oceanic Sediments / Robert G. Douglas -- Offshore Sands / Serge Berne -- Oil Sands / Daryl M. Wightman -- Oolite and Coated Grains / Fredrick D. Siewers -- Ophicalcites / Denis Lavoie -- Paleocurrent Analysis / Andrew D. Miall -- Parting Lineations and Current Crescents / Rick Cheel -- Peat / Barry G. Warner -- Petrophysics of Sand and Sandstone / Robert Ehrlich -- Phosphorites / Craig R. Glenn and Robert E. Garrison -- Physics of Sediment Transport: The Contributions of R.A. Bagnold / Colin R. Thorne -- Pillar Structure / Zoltan Sylvester and Donald R. Lowe -- Placers, Fluvial / W.K. Fletcher -- Placers, Marine / David S. Cronan -- Planar and Parallel Lamination / John S. Bridge -- Porewaters in Sediments / Jeffrey S. Hanor -- Pressure Solution / Francois Renard and Dag Dysthe -- Provenance / Abhijit Basu. "This encyclopedia, which constitutes a wide ranging and authoritative collection of academic articles, covers the sedimentological aspects of sediments and sedimentary rocks. As such the encyclopedia provides a comprehensive, one-volume reference work for students and faculty in university, and for professionals in geology and allied disciplines (geography, engineering, environmental studies), as well as informed lay readers."--Jacket. |
| Physical Description: |
xxx, 821 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
1402008724 9781402008726 |