Sedimentary Geology

Third Edition

Publication Date: January 28, 2014

Hardcover ISBN: 9781429231558

Pages: 500

Written for a first course in sedimentary geology or sedimentary rocks and stratigraphy (with only an introductory geology/physical geology course as a prerequisite), Prothero and Schwab shows students how sedimentary strata serves geologists as a continuous record of Earths history. The...

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I. Sedimentary Processes and Products
1. Sedimentary Rocks: An Introduction
2. Weathering and Soils
3. Clastic Transport and Fluid Flow
4. Sedimentary Structures

II. Siliciclastic Sediments and Environments
5. Sandstones and Conglomerates
6. Mudrocks
7. Siliciclastic Diagenesis
8. Terrestrial Sedimentary Environments
9. Coastal Environments
10. Clastic Marine and Pelagic Environments

III. Biogenic, Chemical, and Other Nonsiliciclastic Sedimentary Rocks
11. Carbonate Rocks
12. Carbonate Environments
13. Other Biogenic Sedimentary Rocks
14. Chemical and Nonepiclastic Sedimentary Rocks

IV. Stratigraphy
15. Lithostratigraphy
16. Biostratigraphy
17. Geophysical and Chemostratigraphic Correlation
18. Geochronology and Chronostratigraphy
19. Sedimentary Rocks in Space and Time

Appendixes
A North American Stratigraphic Code (1983)
B Geologic Time Scales
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

Focus on the Big Picture
Each chapter covers general principles without getting bogged down with excessive details. This allows students to develop a solid base level of understanding of core concepts.

Balanced Approach
This book covers two principal fields of sedimentary geology—sedimentary petrology (properties of sedimentary rocks, their classification and nomenclature) and stratigraphy (defines and describes natural bodies of rock). Coverage is deliberately weighted in favor of the varieties of sedimentary rocks such as conglomerate, sandstone, mudrock, limestone, and dolostone that make up 99% of the sedimentary rock column.

Accessible
Prothero and Schwab communicate at a level that helps undergraduates grasp the core concepts of stratigraphy without bogging down in extra detail.

Updated Coverage
The new edition is revised throughout with the latest research, especially in the areas of petroleum geology and chemostratigraphy

New Topics
The new edition introduces students to a number of emerging topics, including:
—glacial sedimentation
—the role of meteorite impacts on sedimentation
—the long-term secular greenhouse and icehouse states of our evolving planet

Donald R. Prothero

Donald R. Prothero is Professor of Geology at Occidental College in Los Angeles and Lecturer in Geobiology at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. He earned a Ph.D. in geological sciences from Columbia University. Prothero is the author, co-author, editor, or co-editor of 22 books and over 200 scientific papers.  He is on the editorial board of Skeptic magazine, and has served as an associate or technical editor for Geology, Paleobiology, and Journal of Paleontology.  He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America, the Paleontology Society, and the Linnaean Society of London, and has also received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Science Foundation.  In 1991, he received the Schuchert Award from the Paleontology Society for the outstanding paleontologist under the age of 40.  He has been featured on several television documentaries, including Paleoworld and Walking with Prehistoric Beasts.