Encyclopedia of Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks (Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series)

__Named "Outstanding Academic Title"____by Choice__ This encyclopedia, which constitutes a wide ranging and authoritative collection of academic articles, covers the sedimentological aspects of sediments and sedimentary rocks. As such it provides a comprehensive, one-volume reference work for students and faculty in universities, and for professionals in geology and allied disciplines (geography, engineering, environmental studies), as well as informed lay readers. This Encyclopedia, Which Constitutes A Wide Ranging And Authoritative Collection Of Academic Articles, Covers The Sedimentological Aspects Of Sediments And Sedimentary Rocks. As Such The Encyclopedia Provides A Comprehensive, One-volume Reference Work For Students And Faculty In University, And For Professionals In Geology And Allied Disciplines (geography, Engineering, Environmental Studies), As Well As Informed Lay Readers.--jacket. Algal And Bacterial Carbonate Sediments / Robert Riding -- Allophane And Imogolite / Roger L. Parfitt -- Alluvial Fans / Adrian M. Harvey -- Anabranching Rivers / Gerald C. Nanson And Martin R. Gibling -- Ancient Karst / Brian Jones -- Angle Of Repose / Paul D. Komar -- Anhydrite And Gypsum / Lawrence A. Hardie -- Ankerite (in Sediments) / James P. Hendry -- Armor / Rob Ferguson -- Atterberg Limits / Michael J. Bovis -- Attrition (abrasion), Fluvial / Michael Church -- Attrition (abrasion), Marine / Hillert Ibbeken -- Authigenesis / James R. Boles -- Autosuspension / Henry M. Pantin -- Avalanche And Rock Fall / Michael J. Bovis -- Avulsion / Norman D. Smith -- Bacteria In Sediments / Nora Noffke -- Ball-and-pillow (pillow) Structure / Geraint Owen -- Bar, Littoral / Brian Greenwood -- Barrier Islands / Duncan M. Fitzgerald And Ilya V. Buynevich -- Bauxite / Ray L. Frost -- Beachrock / Eberhard Gischler -- Bedding And Internal Structures / Franco Ricci-lucchi And Alessandro Amorosi -- Bedset And Laminaset / John S. Bridge -- Bentonites And Tonsteins / D. Alan Spears -- Berthierine / Fred J. Longstaffe -- Bioclasts / Paul Enos -- Bioerosion / Markus Bertling -- Biogenic Sedimentary Structures / S. George Pemberton -- Black Shales / Juergen Schieber -- Braided Channels / Peter Ashmore -- Calcite Compensation Depth / Sherwood Wise -- Caliche -- Calcrete / V. Paul Wright -- Carbonate Diagenesis And Microfabrics / Robin G.c. Bathurst -- Carbonate Mineralogy And Geochemistry / Fred T. Mackenzie -- Carbonate Mud-mounds / Pierre-andre Bourque -- Cathodoluminescence (applied To The Study Of Sedimentary Rocks) / Stuart D. Burley -- Cation Exchange / Balwant Singh -- Cave Sediments / Brian Jones -- Cements And Cementation / Peter A. Scholle And Dana Ulmer-scholle -- Chalk / Ida L. Fabricius -- Charcoal In Sediments / Andrew C. Scott -- Chlorite In Sediments / Stephen Hillier -- Classification Of Sediments And Sedimentary Rocks / Gerald M. Friedman -- Clastic (neptunian) Dykes And Sills / A. Demoulin -- Clathrates / Miriam Kastner -- Clay Mineralogy / Stephen Hillier -- Climatic Control Of Sedimentation / Greg H. Mack -- Coal Balls / Andrew C. Scott -- Coastal Sedimentary Facies / H. Edward Clifton -- Colloidal Properties Of Sediments / Sandip Chattopadhyaya And Devamita Chattopadhyay -- Colors Of Sedimentary Rocks / Paul Myrow -- Compaction (consolidation) Of Sediments / Knut Bjorlykke -- Convolute Lamination / Gerard V. Middleton -- Coring Methods. Cores / Arnold H. Bouma -- Cross-stratification / David M. Rubin -- Cyclic Sedimenation / Robert K. Goldhammer -- Debris Flow / Jon J. Major -- Dedolomitization / Mario Coniglio -- Deformation Of Sediments / John D. Collinson -- Deformation Structures And Growth Faults / John D. Collinson -- Deltas And Estuaries / Janok Bhattacharya -- Depositional Fabric Of Mudstones / Juergen Schieber -- Desert Sedimentary Environments / Joseph P. Smoot -- Desiccation Structures (mud Cracks, Etc.) / P.w. Geoff Tanner -- Diagenesis / Kitty L. Milliken -- Diagenetic Structures / Peter Mozley -- Diffusion, Chemical / Bernard P. Baudrean -- Diffusion, Turbulent / Andrew J. Hogg -- Dish Structure / Zoltan Sylvester And Donald R. Lowe -- Dolomite Textures / Duncan Sibley -- Dolomites And Dolomitization / Hans G. Machel -- Dunes, Eolian / Nicholas Lancaster -- Earth Flows / Rex L. Baum -- Encrinites / William L. Ausich -- Eolian Transport And Deposition / Cheryl Mckenna Neuman -- Erosion And Sediment Yield / Robert E. Stallard -- Evaporites / Lawrence A. Hardie And Tim K. Lowenstein -- Extraterrestrial Material In Sediments / Christian Koeherl -- Fabric, Porosity, And Permeability / Gerard V. Middleton -- Facies Models / Harold G. Reading -- Fan Delta / George Postma -- Features Indicating Impact And Shock Metamorphism / Wolf Uwe Reimold -- Feldspars In Sedimentary Rocks / Sadoon Morad -- Flame Structure / Gerard V. Middleton -- Flaser / Burghard W. Flemming -- Flocculation / Morten Pejrup -- Floodplain Sediments / Andres Aslan -- Floods And Other Catastrophic Events / Victor R. Baker -- Flow Resistance / Robert Millar -- Fluid Escape Structures / Zoltan Sylvester And Donald R. Lowe -- Fluid Inclusions / Robert H. Goldstein -- Flume / Basil Gomez -- Forensic Sedimentology / Raymond C. Murray -- Gases In Sediments / Chris J. Clayton -- Geodes / Kitty L. Milliken -- Geophysical Properties Of Sediments (acoustical, Electrical, Radioactive) / Anthony L. Endres -- Geothermic Characteristics Of Sediments And Sedimentary Rocks / Daniel F. Merriam -- Glacial Sediments: Processes, Environments And Facies / Michael J. Hambrey And Neil F. Glasser -- Glaucony And Verdine / Alessandro Amorosi -- Grading, Graded Bedding / Richard N. Hiscott -- Grain Flow / Charles S. Campbell -- Grain Settling / Paul D. Komar -- Grain Size And Shape / Michael J. Church -- Grain Threshold / Paul D. Komar -- Gravity-driven Mass Flows / Richard M. Iverson -- Gutters And Gutter Casts / Paul Myrow -- Heavy Mineral Shadows / Rick Cheel -- Heavy Minerals / Andrew C. Morton -- Hindered Settling / Jon J. Major -- Humic Substances In Sediments / Laura J. Crossey -- Hummocky And Swaley Cross-stratification / Rick Cheel -- Hydrocarbons In Sediments / Martin Fowler -- Hydroxides And Oxyhydroxide Minerals / Helge Stanjek -- Illite Group Clay Minerals / Jan Srodon -- Imbrication And Flow-oriented Clasts / Cyril Galvin -- Impregnation / Scott F. Lamoureux -- Iron-manganese Nodules / Stephen E. Calvert -- Ironstones And Iron Formations / Bruce M. Simonson -- Isotopic Methods In Sedimentology / Fred J. Longstaffe -- Kaolin Group Minerals / Rossman F. Giese, Jr. -- Kerogen / Raphael A.j. Wust And R. Marc Bustin -- Lacustrine Sedimentation / Robert Gilbert -- Laterites / Yves Tardy -- Lepispheres / Sherwood W. Wise, Jr. -- Liquefaction And Fluidization / Charles S. Campbell -- Load Structures / John R.l. Allen -- Lunar Sediments / Abhijit Basu -- Magadiite / Robin W. Renaut -- Magnetic Properties Of Sediments / Mark J. Dekkers -- Mass Movement / Michael J. Bovis -- Maturation, Organic / R. Marc Bustin And Raphael A.j. Wust -- Maturity: Textural And Compositional / Raymond V. Ingersoll -- Meandering Channels / Edward J. Hickin -- Melange: Melange / John W.f. Waldron -- Micritization / Ian G. Macintyre And R. Pamela Reid -- Microbially Induced Sedimentary Structures / Nora Noffke -- Milankovitch Cycles / Linda Hinnov -- Mixed Siliciclastic And Carbonate Sedimentation / Robert K. Goldhammer -- Mixed-layer Clays / Jan Srodon -- Mixing Models / Bernard P. Boudreau -- Mudrocks / Paul E. Potter -- Neomorphism And Recrystallization / J.a.d. Dickson -- Nepheloid Layer, Sediment / I. Nicholas Mccave -- Neritic Carbonate Depositional Environments / Noel P. James -- Numerical Models And Simulation Of Sediment Transport And Deposition / Rudy L. Slingerland -- Oceanic Sediments / Robert G. Douglas -- Offshore Sands / Serge Berne -- Oil Sands / Daryl M. Wightman -- Oolite And Coated Grains / Fredrick D. Siewers -- Ophicalcites / Denis Lavoie -- Paleocurrent Analysis / Andrew D. Miall -- Parting Lineations And Current Crescents / Rick Cheel -- Peat / Barry G. Warner -- Petrophysics Of Sand And Sandstone / Robert Ehrlich -- Phosphorites / Craig R. Glenn And Robert E. Garrison -- Physics Of Sediment Transport: The Contributions Of R.a. Bagnold / Colin R. Thorne -- Pillar Structure / Zoltan Sylvester And Donald R. Lowe -- Placers, Fluvial / W.k. Fletcher -- Placers, Marine / David S. Cronan -- Planar And Parallel Lamination / John S. Bridge -- Porewaters In Sediments / Jeffrey S. Hanor -- Pressure Solution / Francois Renard And Dag Dysthe -- Provenance / Abhijit Basu. Edited By Gerard V. Middleton With Associate Editors, Michael J. Church ... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Named "Outstanding Academic Title" by Choice This encyclopedia, which constitutes a wide ranging and authoritative collection of academic articles, covers the sedimentological aspects of sediments and sedimentary rocks. As such it provides a comprehensive, one-volume reference work for students and faculty in universities, and for professionals in geology and allied disciplines (geography, engineering, environmental studies), as well as informed lay readers. This comprehensive, one-volume encyclopedia covers the sedimentological aspects of sediments and sedimentary rocks. It features more than 250 entries by some 180 eminent contributors from all over the world, excellent indices, cross references, and extensive bibliographies. Front Matter....Pages i-xxx Back Matter....Pages 1-5 ....Pages 5-7