Introducing Sedimentology
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2023
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2nd Revised edition
Liverpool University Press (Verlag)
978-1-78046-102-1 (ISBN)
Liverpool University Press (Verlag)
978-1-78046-102-1 (ISBN)
Sedimentary rocks cover most of the Earth's surface, recording much of the Earth's history and fossil record. In this thoroughly revised and updated popular student introduction the author provides a comprehensive, illustrated overview of sedimentary rock types, structures and depositional environments.
Sediments and sedimentary rocks are fundamental to our understanding of the Earth and the array of environments that characterise its surface. Since some 70% of the rocks on the Earth’s surface are sedimentary in origin and sediments are of great economic importance, there is a very good chance that we encounter a sedimentary rock or an associated sedimentary process at some point every day of our lives.
Introducing Sedimentology covers all the rudimentary aspects of sedimentology including different types of sedimentary rocks, sedimentary structures, and environments of deposition of sediments. The application of sedimentology in the search for valuable economic resources is explained and how sedimentary rocks play a key role for subsurface storage of carbon dioxide and hydrogen as part of the low-carbon energy transition.
Written for students, amateur enthusiasts and professional geologists, Introducing Sedimentology provides a succinct and accessible introduction to the science of sedimentology. It is generously illustrated with many explanatory line diagrams and colour photographs.
Sediments and sedimentary rocks are fundamental to our understanding of the Earth and the array of environments that characterise its surface. Since some 70% of the rocks on the Earth’s surface are sedimentary in origin and sediments are of great economic importance, there is a very good chance that we encounter a sedimentary rock or an associated sedimentary process at some point every day of our lives.
Introducing Sedimentology covers all the rudimentary aspects of sedimentology including different types of sedimentary rocks, sedimentary structures, and environments of deposition of sediments. The application of sedimentology in the search for valuable economic resources is explained and how sedimentary rocks play a key role for subsurface storage of carbon dioxide and hydrogen as part of the low-carbon energy transition.
Written for students, amateur enthusiasts and professional geologists, Introducing Sedimentology provides a succinct and accessible introduction to the science of sedimentology. It is generously illustrated with many explanatory line diagrams and colour photographs.
Dr Stuart Jones is Senior Lecturer in Sedimentology, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Durham. He is passionate about sedimentology and has taught the subject for many years to undergraduate and postgraduate students, and has led many field trips and training courses for industry.
1. What is Sedimentology? 2. Sediment to sedimentary rock; 3. Sedimentary structures; 4. The sedimentary environments; 5. Fossils and sediments; 6. The riches from sedimentary rocks. Glossary. Further Reading.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 22.08.2023 |
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| Reihe/Serie | Introducing Earth and Environmental Sciences |
| Zusatzinfo | 100 colour illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Liverpool |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 220 x 220 mm |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78046-102-X / 178046102X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78046-102-1 / 9781780461021 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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