SEDIMENT GRAVI TY FLOWSPART II Physical Properties of Sedimentary Rocks 3.1 INTRODUCTION 3.2 GRAIN SIZE 3.3 PARTICLE SHAPE 3.4 FABRIC 4 Sedimentary Structures 4.1 INTRODUCTION 4.2 KINDS OF PRIMARY SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES 4.3 STRATIFICATION AND BEDFORMS 4.4 BEDDING-P LANE MARKINGS 4.5 OTHER STRUCTURES 4.6 PALEOCURRENT ANALYSIS FROM SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES PART III Composition, Classification, and Diagenesis of Sedimentary Rocks 5.1 INTRODUCTION 5.2 SANDSTONES 5.3 CONGLOMERATES 5.4 SHALES (MUDROCKS) 5.5 DIAGENESIS OF SILICICLASTIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS 5.6 PROVENANCE SI GNIFICANCE OF MINERAL COMPOSITION 6 Carbonate Sedimentary Rocks 6.1 INTRODUCTION 6.2 CHEMISTRY AND MINERALOGY 6.3 LIMESTONE TEXTURES6.4 DOLOMITE TEXTURES 6.5 STRUCTURES IN CARBONATE ROCKS 6.6 CLASSIFICATION OF CARBONATE ROCKS 6.7 ORIGIN OF CARBONATE ROCKS 6.8 DIAGENESIS 7 Other Chemical/Biochemical and Carbonaceous Sedimentary Rocks 7.1 INT RODUCTION 7.2 EVAPORITES 7.3 SILICEOUS SEDIMENTARY ROCKS (CHERTS) 7.4 IRON-BEARING SEDIMENTARY ROCKS 7.5 SEDIMENTARY PHOSPHORITES7.6 CARBONACEOUS SEDIMENTARY ROCKS: COAL, OIL SHALE, BITUMENS PART IV Depositional Environments 8 Continental (Terrestrial) Environments 8.1 INTRODUCTION 8.2 FLUVIAL SYSTEMS 8.3 EOLIAN DESERT SYSTEMS8.4 LACUSTRINE SYSTEMS8.5 GLACIAL SYSTEMS9 Marginal-Marine Environments 9.1 INTRODUCTION 9.2 DELTAIC SYSTEMS 9.3 BEACH AND BARRlER ISLAND SYSTEMS 9.4 ESTUARINE SYSTEMS 9.5 LAGOONAL SY STEMS 9.6 TIDAL-FLAT SYSTEMS 10 Siliciclastic Marine Environments 10.1 INTRODUCTION 10.2 THE SHELF ENVIRONMENT 10.3 THE OCEANIC (DEEP-WATER) ENVIRONMENT 11 Carbonate and Evaporite Environments 11.1 INTRODUCTION 11.2 CARBONATE SHELF (NONREEF ) ENVIRONMEN TS 11.3 SLOPE/B ASIN CARBONATES 11.4 ORGANIC REEF ENVIRONMENTS 11.5 MIXED CARBONATE-SILICICLASTIC SYSTEMS 388 11.6 EVAPORITE ENVIRONMENTS PART V Stratigraphy and Basin Analysis 12 Lithostratigraphy 12.1 INTRODUCTION 12.2 TYPES OF LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC UNITS 12.3 STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS 12.4 VERTICAL AND LATERAL SUCCESSIONS OF STRATA 12.5 NOMENCLATURE AND CLASSIFICATION OF LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC UNITS12.6 CORRELATION OF LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC UNITS13 Seismic, Sequence, and Magnetic Stratigraphy 13.1 INTRODUCTION 13.2 SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY 13.3 SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY 13.4 MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY 14 Biostratigraphy 14.1 INTRODUCTION 14.2 FOSSILS AS A BASIS FOR STRATIGRAPHIC SUBDIVISION 14.3 BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC UNITS 14.4 THE BASIS FOR BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC ZONATION: CHANGES IN ORGANISMS THROUGH TIME 14.5 DISTRIBUTION OF ORGANISMS IN SPACE: PA LEOBIOGEOGRAPHY 14.6 COMBINED EFFECTS OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF ORGANISMS IN TIME AND SPACE 14.7 BIOCORRELATION15 Chronostratigraphy and Geologic Time 15.1 INTRODUCTION 15.2 GEOLOGIC TIME UNITS 15.3 THE GEOLOGIC TIME SC ALE 15.4 CHRONOCORRELATION 16 Basin Analysis, Tectonics, and Sedimentation 16.1 INTRODUCTION 16.2 MECHANISMS OF BASIN FORMATION (SUBSIDENCE) 16.3 PLATE TECTONICS AND BASINS 16.4 KINDS OF SEDIMENTARY BASINS16.5 SEDIMENTARY BASIN FILL 16.6 TECHNIQUES OF BASIN ANALYSIS16.7 APPLICATIONS OF BASIN ANALYSIS Appendices Appendix A Form and Roundness ofSedimentary Particles Appendix 8 Paleothermometry Appendix C North American Stratigraphic Code Appendix D Nomenclature of Global and North American Chronostratigraphic Units Appendix E Web Sites Pertaining to Sedimentology and Stratigraphy Bibliography Index PDF: FPost | DepositF djvu: FPost | DepositF