Editors:
- Up to date and authoritative.
- The first single volume encyclopedia to cover this field in such a comprehensive manner. More than 250 entries by some 180 eminent contributors from all over the world.
- Excellent indices (including an index of all cited authors), cross references, extensive bibliographies
- Strongly multidisciplinary: covering geology, geomorphology, stratigraphy and civil engineering
Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series (EESS)
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Table of contents (251 entries)
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Front Matter
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About this book
Named "Outstanding Academic Title" by Choice
This encyclopedia, which constitutes a wide ranging and authoritative collection of academic articles, covers the sedimentological aspects of sediments and sedimentary rocks. As such it provides a comprehensive, one-volume reference work for students and faculty in universities, and for professionals in geology and allied disciplines (geography, engineering, environmental studies), as well as informed lay readers.
Reviews
From the reviews:
"…Like all other volumes in the "Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series," this is sure to be a classic, essential for earth science reference collections. Summing Up: Essential. Upper-division undergraduates and higher."
(M. L. Larsgaard, Choice, January 2004)
"Primarily for advanced undergraduates, this Encyclopedia does provide comprehensive, in-depth treatment of the processes that form sedimentary rocks. It will prove invaluable to both students of geology and professionals"
(Helen Ashton, Science and Technology, Vol. 18, no 2, 2004)
"This massive tome is part of the series Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences … . Most articles also give copious bibliographic references to both general texts and research articles and there is an index of authors cited, which is very useful. The illustrations are … with some good diagrams and reasonable photographs. … Primarily for advanced undergraduates, this Encyclopedia does provide comprehensive, in-depth treatment of the processes that form sedimentary rocks. It will prove invaluable to both students of geology and professionals." (Reference Reviews, Vol. 18 (2), 2004)
Editors and Affiliations
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School of Geography and Geology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
Gerard V. Middleton
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Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Michael J. Church
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Department of Earth Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
Mario Coniglio
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Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
Lawrence A. Hardie
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Department of Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
Frederick J. Longstaffe
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Encyclopedia of Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks
Editors: Gerard V. Middleton, Michael J. Church, Mario Coniglio, Lawrence A. Hardie, Frederick J. Longstaffe
Series Title: Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-3609-5
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2003
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0872-6Published: 31 July 2003
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-3609-5Published: 31 December 2007
Series ISSN: 1388-4360
Series E-ISSN: 1871-756X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: 928
Topics: Sedimentology, Geology, Physical Geography, Civil Engineering, Environmental Physics