Research Catalog

Title

Principles of sedimentology and stratigraphy / Sam Boggs, Jr.

Author

Boggs, Sam

Publication

Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, ©2006.

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Description

xix, 662 pages : illustrations; 29 cm

Summary

• "A concise treatment of the fundamental principles of sedimentology and stratigraphy, featuring the important physical, chemical, biological and stratigraphic characteristics of sedimentary rocks. Emphasized are the ways in which the study of sedimentary rocks is used to interpret depositional environments, changes in ancient sea level, and other intriguing aspects of Earth history.
• KEY TOPICS: Topics include the origin and transport of sedimentary materials; physical properties of sedimentary rocks; composition, classification and diagenesis of sedimentary rocks and principles of stratigraphy and basin analysis. MARKET: For individuals interested in one text providing comprehensive coverage of both sedimentology and stratigraphy." --Prentice Hall.

Subjects

• Stratigraphie
• Sedimentologie
• Sedimentation and deposition
• Geology, Stratigraphic

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 623-653) and index.

Contents

1. Weathering and soils -- 2. Transport and deposition of siliciclastic sediment -- 3. Sedimentary textures -- 4. Sedimentary structures -- 5. Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks -- 6. Carbonate sedimentary rocks -- 7. Other chemical/biochemical and carbonaceous sedimentary rocks -- 8. Continental (terrestrial) environments -- 9. Marginal-marine environments -- 10. Siliciclastic marine environments -- 11. Carbonate and evaporite environments -- 12. Lithostratigraphy -- 13. Seismic, sequence, and magnetic stratigraphy -- 14. Biostratigraphy -- 15. Chronostratigraphy and geologic time -- 16. Basin analysis, tectonics, and sedimentation -- App. A. Form and roundness of sedimentary particles -- App. B. Paleothermometry.

ISBN

• 0131547283
• 9780131547285

LCCN

• 2005047667
• 99811317997

OCLC

• ocm59011627
• 59011627
• SCSB-1386512

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library