Sedimentology and stratigraphy / (Record no. 165579)
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| fixed length control field | 00372nam a2200145Ia 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781405135924 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 551.303 |
| Item number | NIC/S |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Nichols, Gary |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Sedimentology and stratigraphy / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Gary Nichols |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 2nd ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Somerset: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Wiley Blackwell Publication, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2013. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 419 p. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | 1 online resource |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Title page; copyright; preface; acknowledgements<br/>1. introduction: sedimentology and stratigraphy-- 1.1 sedimentary processes--1.2 sedimentary environments and facies-- 1.3 the spectrum of environments and facies-- 1.4 stratigraphy-- 1.5 the structure of this book—<br/>2. terrigenous clastic sediments: gravel, sand and mud-- 2.1 classification of sediments and sedimentary rocks-- 2.2 gravel and conglomerate-- 2.3 sand and sandstone-- 2.4 clay, silt and mudrock-- 2.5 textures and analysis of terrigenous clastic sedimentary rocks-- 2.6 terrigenous clastic sediments: summary.—<br/> 3. biogenic, chemical and volcanogenic sediments--3.1 limestone-- 3.2 evaporite minerals-- 3.3 cherts--3.4 sedimentary phosphates-- 3.5 sedimentary ironstone-- 3.6 carbonaceous (organic) deposits-- 3.7 volcaniclastic sedimentary rocks—<br/> 4. processes of transport and sedimentary structures-- 4.1 transport media-- 4.2 the behaviour of fluids and particles in fluids-- 4.3 flows, sediment and bedforms-- 4.4 waves-- 4.5 mass flows-- 4.6 mudcracks-- 4.7 erosional sedimentary structures-- 4.8 terminology for sedimentary structures and beds-- 4.9 sedimentary structures and sedimentary environments.—<br/> 5. field sedimentology, facies and environments--5.1 field sedimentology-- 5.2 graphic sedimentary logs--5.3 palaeocurrents-- 5.4 collection of rock samples-- 5.5 description of core; 5.6 interpreting past depositional environments-- 5.7 reconstructing palaeoenvironments in space and time; 5.8 summary: facies and environments—<br/> 6. continents: sources of sediment-- 6.1 from source of sediment to formation of strata--6.2 mountain-building processes-- 6.3 global climate-- 6.4 weathering processes-- 6.5 erosion and transport-- 6.6 denudation and landscape evolution-- 6.7 tectonics and denudation.-- 6.8 measuring rates of denudation--6.9 denudation and sediment supply: summary--<br/>7 .glacial environments--7.1 distribution of glacial environments-- 7.2 glacial ice-- 7.3 glaciers-- 7.4 continental glacial deposition-- 7.5 marine glacial environments-- 7.6 distribution of glacial deposits-- 7.7 ice, climate and tectonics-- 7.8 summary of glacial environments--<br/> 8. aeolian environments-- 8.1 aeolian transport-- 8.2 deserts and ergs-- 8.3 characteristics of wind-blown particles-- 8.4 aeolian bedforms-- 8.5 desert environments-- 8.6 aeolian deposits outside deserts-- 8.7 summary—<br/> 9. rivers and alluvial fans.-- 9.1 fluvial and alluvial systems--9.2 river forms-- 9.3 floodplain deposition-- 9.4 patterns in fluvial deposits-- 9.5 alluvial fans-- 9.6 fossils in fluvial and alluvial environments--9.7 soils and palaeosols-- 9.8 fluvial and alluvial fan deposition: summary—<br/>10. lakes--10.1 lakes and lacustrine environments-- 10.2 freshwater lakes-- 10.3 saline lakes-- 10.4 ephemeral lakes-- 10.5 controls on lacustrine deposition-- 10.6 life in lakes and fossils in lacustrine deposits-- 10.7 recognition of lacustrine facies—<br/>11. the marine realm: morphology and processes--11.1 divisions of the marine realm-- 11.2 tides.<br/> |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | General Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession number | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Koha item type |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 29/08/2016 | 551.303 NIC/S | P20506 | 09/07/2021 | 26/02/2020 | General Books |