Reading's Sedimentary Environments: Processes, Facies and Stratigraphy van Bruce Levell is een Engelstalig gedrukt boek. Deze titel is geschikt voor studenten in het hoger onderwijs.
An all-new edition of one of the most influential books in the earth sciences, endorsed by the International Association of Sedimentologists Richly illustrated with hundreds of new images, this is a completely new edition of the well-known classic text Reading's Sedimentary Environments: Processes, Facies and Stratigraphy. The book again delivers an objective, thorough overview of the different ways in which sedimentary rocks are best described and interpreted via an understanding of sedimentary process using facies analysis. Throughout, this fourth edition covers the most recent work on sedimentary facies, processes and environments as well as the dynamics of stratigraphy, especially with respect to understanding preservation, extreme events, climate, tectonics and sea-level change. It includes extensive illustrations of the resulting 3D geometries using seismic imagery as well as outcrop and core data. The main part of the book comprises specific chapters for each important depositional environment, from terrestrial to coastal and deep sea settings. Each chapter can be used independently, as each provides a standalone discussion of how to reconstruct a particular sedimentary environment through facies analysis of rock successions, cores, or in some cases, seismic data or vertical petrophysical log profiles.
Inhoudelijk sluit dit boek aan bij onderwerpen als Sedimentology and pedology, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Sedimentology & Stratigraphy, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Agronomy / Soil Science.