Sedimentary Geology: Rocks, Environments and Stratigraphy

by Michael Rygel and Page Quinton

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An undergraduate-level textbook that covers the fundamentals of sedimentology, depositional environments and stratigraphy. We provide a modest amount of text that focuses on essential concepts and support it with hundreds of color photographs, illustrations, and videos. Captions accompanying the visual components highlight the major points but allow for more detailed discussions and questions.

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Publisher
SUNY Potsdam
Subjects
Geosciences
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0, as LibreTexts states it
Who can read
Tweens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. About this Book
  6. Licensing
  7. 1: Introduction
  8. 2: Sediment Creation and Transport
  9. 2.1: Weathering
  10. 2.2: Fluid Mechanics
  11. 2.3: Fluid-Flow Transport
  12. 2.4: Gravity Mass Movements
  13. 3: Describing Sediment and Sedimentary Rocks
  14. 3.1: Grain Size
  15. 3.2: Particle Morphology
  16. 3.3: Composition
  17. 3.4: Maturity
  18. 3.5: Color
  19. 4: Sedimentary Structures
  20. 4.1: Stratification
  21. 4.2: Structures Formed by Unidirectional Currents
  22. 4.3: Structures Formed by Bidirectional, Oscillatory, and/or Fluctuating Flows
  23. 4.4: Erosional and Post-Depositional Structures
  24. 5: Siliciclastic Sedimentary Rocks
  25. 5.1: Sandstones
  26. 5.2: Conglomerates and Breccias
  27. 5.3: Mudrocks
  28. 5.4: Diamictites, Pebbly Sandstones, and Outsized Clasts
  29. 6: Carbonate Sedimentary Rocks
  30. 6.1: Composition
  31. 6.2: Carbonate Precipitation
  32. 6.3: Carbonate Components and Classification
  33. 7: Chemical, Biochemical, and Other Sedimentary Rocks
  34. 7.1: Evaporites
  35. 7.2: Siliceous Sedimentary Rocks
  36. 7.3: Organic-Rich Sedimentary Rocks
  37. 8: Diagenesis
  38. 8.1: Diagenetic Processes
  39. 8.2: Diagenetic Structures
  40. 9: Fossils
  41. 9.1: Types of Fossils
  42. 9.2: Types of Preservation
  43. 9.3: Describing Fossils
  44. 9.4: Major Fossil-Forming Groups (Invertebrates)
  45. 9.5: Microfossils
  46. 9.6: Trace Fossils
  47. 9.7: Fossils in Thin Section
  48. 10: Depositional Environments
  49. 10.1: Alluvial Systems
  50. 10.2: Deserts
  51. 10.3: Clastic Marginal Marine Environments
  52. 10.4: Clastic Marine Environments
  53. 10.5: Carbonate Environments
  54. 10.6: Glacial Environments
  55. 11: Sea Level
  56. 11.1: Transgressions and Regressions
  57. 11.2: Sea Level Terminology
  58. 12: Stratigraphy
  59. 12.1: Review of unconformities and other types of contacts
  60. 12.2: Lithostratigraphy
  61. 12.3: Biostratigraphy
  62. 12.4: Sequence Stratigraphy
  63. 12.5: Seismic Stratigraphy
  64. 13: Sedimentary Basins
  65. 13.1: Review of Plate Tectonics
  66. 13.2: Basins Formed by Crustal Extension and/or Thermal Sag
  67. 13.3: Basins Caused by Crustal Loading and/or Flexure
  68. 13.4: Basins Caused by Strike-Slip Faulting
  69. 14: Appendices
  70. 14.1: Mineral Identification Tables
  71. 14.2: Rock Identification Charts
  72. 14.3: Wentworth Grain Size Scale
  73. 14.4: Sieve and Grain Size Terminology
  74. 14.5: Geologic Sketches
  75. 14.6: Foundational Concepts of Historical Geology
  76. 14.7: Review of the geologic time scale
  77. 14.8: Book Content Mapped to ASBOG's Domain C - Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Paleontology
  78. Back Matter
  79. Index
  80. Detailed Licensing