From the reviews: "...This is an extremely useful reference text for the sedimentary geologist to own. It is well produced with clear illustrations and text, and gives excellent factual information on a large number of topics."
(Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology)
"...represents a significant contribution to the literature of geoscience. It should be in the library of anyone seriously intereted in sedimentology."(Marine Geology)
"This book is still unsurpassed in providing a good, basic synthesis of modern sedimentary environments, especially the physical attributes of the deposits being formed and the processes responsible..." (Sedimentary Geology)

Inhalt

I. Primary Structures and Textures.- Depositional Environments.- Physical Parameters.- Current and Wave Ripples.- Surface Markings and Imprints.- Scour Marks.- Tool Marks.- Penecontemporaneous Deformation Structures.- Bedding.- Sediment Grain Parameters.- Chemical and Mineralogical Parameters.- Biological Parameters.- Environmental Reconstructions.- II. Modern Environments.- Importance of Sequence in Environmental Reconstruction.- Glacial Environment.- Desert Environment.- Lake Environment.- Fluvial Environment.- Estuarine Environment.- Deltaic Environment.- The Coast.- The Shelf.- Examples of Beach-Shelf Profiles from Modern Environments.- Coastal Lagoons.- Tidal Flats.- Continental Margin, Slope and Ocean Basin.- Concluding Remarks.- References.