Sedimentology and Stratigraphy - Softcover

Nichols, Gary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1405135921 ISBN 13: 9781405135924

Publisher: Blackwell Pub, 2009

Synopsis

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:
www.wiley.com/go/nicholssedimentology.

About this title

About the Author

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.

From the Back Cover

Sedimentary rocks contain the most important archive of environmental change through Earth history. They record changing climates, the movement of tectonic plates, and the rise and fall of sea level on timescales of a few thousand to billions of years. 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.

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 fi gures are designed to be accessible to anyone completely new to the subject.

COMPANION CD-ROM

A companion CD-ROM with additional illustrative material prepared by the

author is included with this book.

From the Inside Flap

Sedimentary rocks contain the most important archive of environmental change through Earth history. They record changing climates, the movement of tectonic plates, and the rise and fall of sea level on timescales of a few thousand to billions of years. 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.

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 fi gures are designed to be accessible to anyone completely new to the subject.

COMPANION CD-ROM

A companion CD-ROM with additional illustrative material prepared by the

author is included with this book.

Edition details

• Publisher: Blackwell Pub
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1405135921
• ISBN 13: 9781405135924
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 419