Books in the Developments in Sedimentology series

Featuring the research on the petrography, facies, paleonvironmental significance and economic aspects of continental carbonates, this book focuses on the descriptive aspects and processes operating on carbonate deposits in greatly varied settings, and then considers applications for basin analysis, as well as economic and historical aspects.

Featuring the research on the petrography, facies, paleonvironmental significance and economic aspects of continental carbonates, this book focuses on the descriptive aspects and processes operating on carbonate deposits in greatly varied settings, and then considers applications for basin analysis, as well as economic and historical aspects.

Explains geology and hydrogeology of carbonate islands.

Suitable for scientists in a number of disciplines, including geology, microbiology, chemistry and environmental science, this title deals with sedimentary sulfides which are the abundant authigenic minerals in sediments. It gives emphasis to the biogeochemistry that plays such a central role in the formation of sedimentary sulfides.

Presents an introduction to the physical processes of cohesive sediment in the marine environment. This book focuses on highly dynamic systems, such as estuaries and coastal seas. Processes on the continental shelf are also discussed and attention is given to the effects of chemistry, biology and gas.

Covers the basic aspects of carbonate minerals and their interaction with aqueous solutions, modern marine carbonate formation and sediments, carbonate diagenesis, the global cycle of carbon and human intervention, and the role of sedimentary carbonates as indicators of stability and changes in the Earth's surface environment.

Galactic rotation of celestial bodies causes cyclicity that is also reflected on a smaller scale in the proper Earth. This book presents the consequences of the earth's cyclic phenomena in the long-term cycles which affect the origin and further evolution of sedimentary basins. It provides information on basin development; cyclicity; and more.

Focuses on the sedimentary processes operating within the various modern and ancient deep-sea environments. This title includes chapters that track the way of sedimentary particles from continental erosion or production in the marine realm, to transport into the deep sea, to final deposition on the sea floor.

Integration of ichnological information into sedimentological models, and vice versa, is one of the main means by which we can improve our understanding of ancient depositional environments. This book aims to make ichnological methods as part of facies interpretation more popular, and more.

Presents the history of one of the large sand seas in the Sahara, beginning with the sand supply by fluvial transport from partly distant areas and also by local sandstone weathering. This book helps you to analyze different geological sources to decipher the history of the Great Sand Sea.