Earth surface processes, landforms and sediment deposits / John Bridge and Robert Demicco.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bridge, J. S., author.

Demicco, Robert V., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sedimentation and deposition.

Earth (Planet)--Surface.

Earth (Planet).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 815 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Earth Surface Processes, Landforms & Sediment Deposits

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Earth surface processes, landforms and sediment deposits are intimately related - involving erosion of rocks, generation of sediment, and transport and deposition of sediment through various Earth surface environments. These processes, and the landforms and deposits that they generate, have a fundamental bearing on engineering, environmental and public safety issues; on recovery of economic resources; and on our understanding of Earth history. This textbook brings together the traditional disciplines of sedimentology and geomorphology to explain Earth surface processes, landforms and sediment deposits in a comprehensive and integrated way. It is the ideal resource for a two-semester course in sedimentology, stratigraphy, geomorphology, and Earth surface processes from the intermediate undergraduate to beginning graduate level. The book is also accompanied by a website hosting illustrations and material on field and laboratory methods for measuring, describing and analyzing Earth surface processes, landforms and sediments.

Contents:

Introduction

Production of sediment at the Earth's surface

Fundamentals of fluid flow, sediment transport, erosion, and deposition

Environments of erosion and deposition

Sediment into rock : diagenesis

Long-term, large-scale processes : mountains and sedimentary basins.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-17724-3

1-283-32936-0

0-511-64562-7

9786613329363

0-511-80551-9

0-511-64971-1

0-511-45418-X

0-511-56872-X

0-511-45522-4

OCLC:

437240819