Encyclopedia of sediments and sedimentary rocks /
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| Imprint: | Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2003. |
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| Description: | xxx, 821 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 29 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Encyclopedia of earth sciences series Encyclopedia of earth sciences. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4951700 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Contributors
- Preface
- Guide to the Reader
- Algal and Bacterial Carbonate Sediments
- Allophane and Imogolite
- Alluvial Fan
- Anabranching Rivers
- Ancient Karst
- Angle of Repose
- Anhydrite and Gypsum
- Ankerite
- Armor
- Atterberg Limits
- Attrition (abrasion), Fluvial
- Attrition (Abrasion), Marine
- Authigenesis
- Autosuspension
- Avalanch and Rock Fall
- Avulsion
- Bacteria in Sediments
- Ball-and-Pillow Structure
- Bar, Littoral
- Barrier Islands
- Bauxite
- Beachrock
- Bedding and Internal Structures
- Bedset and Laminaset
- Bentonite and Tonstein
- Berthierine
- Bioclasts
- Bioerosion
- Biogenic Sedimentary Structures
- Black Shales
- Braided Channels
- Caliche (Calcrete)
- Calcite Compensation Depth
- Carbonate Diagenesis and Microfabrics
- Carbonate Mineraloty and Geochemistry
- Carbonate Mud Mounds
- Cathodoluminescence
- Cation Exchange
- Cave Sediments
- Cements and Cementation
- Chalk
- Charcoal in Sediments
- Chlorite in Sediments
- Classification of Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks
- Clastic (Neptunian) Dykes and Sills
- Clathrates
- Clay Minerals
- Climatic Control of Sedimentation
- Coal Balls
- Coal
- Coastal Sedimentary Facies
- Colloidal Properties of Sediments
- Color of Sedimentary Rocks
- Compaction (Cosolidation)
- Convolute Stratification
- Core, Coring Methods
- Cross-Stratification
- Cyclic Sedimentation
- Debris Flow
- Dedolomitization
- Deformation of Sediments
- Deformation Structures and Growth Faults
- Deltas and Estuaries
- Depositional Fabric of Mudrocks
- Desert Sedimentary Environments
- Dessication Structures
- Diagenesis
- Diagenetic Structures
- Diffusion, Chemical
- Diffusion of Sediment
- Dish Structure
- Dolomite Textures
- Dolomites and Dolomitization
- Dune, Eolian
- Earth Flows
- Encrinite
- Eolian Transport and Deposition
- Erosion and Sediment Yield
- Evaporites
- Extraterrestrial Material in Sediments
- Fabric, Porosity, and Permeability
- Facies Models
- Fan Delta
- Features indicating Impact and Shock Metamorphism
- Feldspars in Sediments
- Flame Structure
- Flaser
- Flocculation
- Floodplain Sediments
- Floods and Other Catastrophic Events
- Flow Resistance
- Fluid Escape Structures
- Fluid Inclusions
- Flume
- Forensic Sedimentology
- Gases in Sediments
- Geodes
- Geophysical Properties of Sediments
- Geothermic Properties of Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks
- Glacial Sediments: Processes, Environments and Facies
- Glaucony and Verdine
- Grading, Graded Bedding
- 150 additional Chapters
