Environmental sedimentology
Perry, C.; Taylor, K. (Ed.) (2007). Environmental sedimentology. Blackwell: Malden. ISBN 978-1-4051-1515-5. x, 441 pp.
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- Perry, C., editor
- Taylor, K., editor
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| Abstract |
Environmental Sedimentology provides a comprehensive introduction to this rapidly expanding field which addresses the functioning and dynamics of contemporary sediment systems and how these systems respond to a range of both natural and anthropogenically-induced disturbance events. * considers a range of sedimentary environments; mountain and upland, fluvial, lacustrine, arid, urban, deltaic and estuarine, temperate coastal, tropical coastal, and continental shelf * aspects of sediment management and remediation are also considered as are the potential impacts of on-going and future climatic and environmental change * Readership: advanced level undergraduates in earth science, environmental science and physical geography, and graduate students in the earth and environmental sciences with an interest in contemporary sediment systems. |
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