Applied sedimentology:
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1. Verfasser: Selley, Richard C. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: San Diego Academic Press c2000
Ausgabe:2nd ed
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Front Cover; Applied Sedimentology; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1.1 Introduction and Historical Review; 1.2 Sedimentology and the Earth Sciences; 1.3 Applied Sedimentology; Selected Bibliography; References; Part I: Rock to Sediment; Chapter 2. Weathering and the Sedimentary Cycle; Chapter 3. Particles, Pores, and Permeability; Part II: Sediment Sedimented; Chapter 4. Transportation and Sedimentation; Chapter 5. Sedimentary Structures; Chapter 6. Depositional Systems; Part III: Sediment to Rock; Chapter 7. The Subsurface Environment
There are three types of rock?igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary. Sedimentary rocks form from the weathering, erosion, transportation and deposition of older rocks. Applied Sedimentology describes the formation, transportation and deposition of sediment, and the post-depositional processes that change soft sediment into sedimentary rock. Sedimentary rocks include sandstones, limestones and mudstones. All the world's coal, most of its water and fossil fuels, and many mineral deposits occur in sedimentary rocks. Applied Sedimentology shows how the study of sediments aids the exploration for an
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ISBN:0080527477
0126363757
9780080527475
9780126363753

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