Sedimentology and Stratigraphy

by Gary J. Nichols

Book Overview

Sedimentology and Stratigraphy is the first introductory text to relate sedimentological units to the larger stratigraphic picture. Representing current research priorities, it leaves behind an older--and now outdated--generation of textbooks. The author's aim is to consider the earth in terms of its physical environments, to describe the processes that affect generation, transport and deposition of sediment, and to build up a picture of the stratigraphy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0632035781
• ISBN13: 9780632035786
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.5" x 9.8"