Both authors have created this textbook to show students how sedimentary strata serves geologists as a continuous record of Earth's history. The authors' conversational style, and focus on the important concepts make the book highly accessible to an undergraduate audience. Such complex ideas are broken down and made understandable to geology students. Written for a first course in sedimentary geology or sedimentary rocks and stratigraphy (with only an introductory geology/physical geology course as a prerequisite). Each chapter focuses on general principles, without bringing in too much detail too quickly, allowing students to develop a solid base level of understanding core concepts. An accessible title for those covering 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).
By:
Donald R. Prothero, Fred Schwab Imprint: W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd Country of Publication: United States Edition: 3rd ed. 2014 Dimensions:
Height: 283mm,
Width: 222mm,
Spine: 34mm
Weight: 1.628kg ISBN:9781429231558 ISBN 10: 1429231556 Pages: 500 Publication Date:28 January 2014 Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Donald R. Prothero, California Institute of Technology, USA Fred Schwab, Washington and Lee University, USA