Abstract
Part I. Introduction: 1. Definitions, rationale and scope of the book 2. Overview of the Earth Part II. Production of Sediment at the Earth's Surface: 3. Weathering of rocks, production of terrigenous sediment, and soils 4. Biogenic and chemogenic sediment production Part III. Fundamentals of Fluid Flow, Sediment Transport, Erosion and Deposition: 5. Unidirectional turbulent water flow, sediment transport, erosion and deposition 6. Air flow, sediment transport, erosion and deposition 7. Multidirectional water flow, sediment transport, erosion and deposition 8. Movement of sediment by gravity 9. Generation and movement of volcaniclastic sediment 10. Ice flow, sediment transport, erosion and deposition 11. Biogenic and chemogenic depositional structures 12. Post-depositional deformation of soft sediment Part IV. Environments of Erosion and Deposition: 13. Rivers, alluvial plains and fans 14. Lakes 15. Coasts and shallow seas 16. Arid environments 17. Glacial and periglacial environments 18. Deep seas and oceans Part V. Sediment into Rock: Diagenesis: 19. Diagenesis Part VI. Long-term, Large-Scale Processes: Mountains and Sedimentary Basins: 20. Tectonic, climatic and eustatic controls on long-term, large-scale erosion and deposition References Index.
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