This Encyclopedia, Which Constitutes A Wide Ranging And Authoritative Collection Of Academic Articles, Covers The Sedimentological Aspects Of Sediments And Sedimentary Rocks. As Such The Encyclopedia Provides A Comprehensive, One-volume Reference Work For Students And Faculty In University, And For Professionals In Geology And Allied Disciplines (geography, Engineering, Environmental Studies), As Well As Informed Lay Readers.--jacket. Algal And Bacterial Carbonate Sediments / Robert Riding -- Allophane And Imogolite / Roger L. Parfitt -- Alluvial Fans / Adrian M. Harvey -- Anabranching Rivers / Gerald C. Nanson And Martin R. Gibling -- Ancient Karst / Brian Jones -- Angle Of Repose / Paul D. Komar -- Anhydrite And Gypsum / Lawrence A. Hardie -- Ankerite (in Sediments) / James P. Hendry -- Armor / Rob Ferguson -- Atterberg Limits / Michael J. Bovis -- Attrition (abrasion), Fluvial / Michael Church -- Attrition (abrasion), Marine / Hillert Ibbeken -- Authigenesis / James R. Boles -- Autosuspension / Henry M. Pantin -- Avalanche And Rock Fall / Michael J. Bovis -- Avulsion / Norman D. Smith -- Bacteria In Sediments / Nora Noffke -- Ball-and-pillow (pillow) Structure / Geraint Owen -- Bar, Littoral / Brian Greenwood -- Barrier Islands / Duncan M. Fitzgerald And Ilya V. Buynevich -- Bauxite / Ray L. Frost -- Beachrock / Eberhard Gischler -- Bedding And Internal Structures / Franco Ricci-lucchi And Alessandro Amorosi -- Bedset And Laminaset / John S. Bridge -- Bentonites And Tonsteins / D. Alan Spears -- Berthierine / Fred J. Longstaffe -- Bioclasts / Paul Enos -- Bioerosion / Markus Bertling -- Biogenic Sedimentary Structures / S. George Pemberton -- Black Shales / Juergen Schieber -- Braided Channels / Peter Ashmore -- Calcite Compensation Depth / Sherwood Wise -- Caliche -- Calcrete / V. Paul Wright -- Carbonate Diagenesis And Microfabrics / Robin G.c. Bathurst -- Carbonate Mineralogy And Geochemistry / Fred T. Mackenzie -- Carbonate Mud-mounds / Pierre-andre Bourque -- Cathodoluminescence (applied To The Study Of Sedimentary Rocks) / Stuart D. Burley -- Cation Exchange / Balwant Singh -- Cave Sediments / Brian Jones -- Cements And Cementation / Peter A. Scholle And Dana Ulmer-scholle -- Chalk / Ida L. Fabricius -- Charcoal In Sediments / Andrew C. Scott -- Chlorite In Sediments / Stephen Hillier -- Classification Of Sediments And Sedimentary Rocks / Gerald M. Friedman -- Clastic (neptunian) Dykes And Sills / A. Demoulin -- Clathrates / Miriam Kastner -- Clay Mineralogy / Stephen Hillier -- Climatic Control Of Sedimentation / Greg H. Mack -- Coal Balls / Andrew C. Scott -- Coastal Sedimentary Facies / H. Edward Clifton -- Colloidal Properties Of Sediments / Sandip Chattopadhyaya And Devamita Chattopadhyay -- Colors Of Sedimentary Rocks / Paul Myrow -- Compaction (consolidation) Of Sediments / Knut Bjorlykke -- Convolute Lamination / Gerard V. Middleton -- Coring Methods. Cores / Arnold H. Bouma -- Cross-stratification / David M. Rubin -- Cyclic Sedimenation / Robert K. Goldhammer -- Debris Flow / Jon J. Major -- Dedolomitization / Mario Coniglio -- Deformation Of Sediments / John D. Collinson -- Deformation Structures And Growth Faults / John D. Collinson -- Deltas And Estuaries / Janok Bhattacharya -- Depositional Fabric Of Mudstones / Juergen Schieber -- Desert Sedimentary Environments / Joseph P. Smoot -- Desiccation Structures (mud Cracks, Etc.) / P.w. Geoff Tanner -- Diagenesis / Kitty L. Milliken -- Diagenetic Structures / Peter Mozley -- Diffusion, Chemical / Bernard P. Baudrean -- Diffusion, Turbulent / Andrew J. Hogg -- Dish Structure / Zoltan Sylvester And Donald R. Lowe -- Dolomite Textures / Duncan Sibley -- Dolomites And Dolomitization / Hans G. Machel -- Dunes, Eolian / Nicholas Lancaster -- Earth Flows / Rex L. Baum -- Encrinites / William L. Ausich -- Eolian Transport And Deposition / Cheryl Mckenna Neuman -- Erosion And Sediment Yield / Robert E. Stallard -- Evaporites / Lawrence A. Hardie And Tim K. Lowenstein -- Extraterrestrial Material In Sediments / Christian Koeherl -- Fabric, Porosity, And Permeability / Gerard V. Middleton -- Facies Models / Harold G. Reading -- Fan Delta / George Postma -- Features Indicating Impact And Shock Metamorphism / Wolf Uwe Reimold -- Feldspars In Sedimentary Rocks / Sadoon Morad -- Flame Structure / Gerard V. Middleton -- Flaser / Burghard W. Flemming -- Flocculation / Morten Pejrup -- Floodplain Sediments / Andres Aslan -- Floods And Other Catastrophic Events / Victor R. Baker -- Flow Resistance / Robert Millar -- Fluid Escape Structures / Zoltan Sylvester And Donald R. Lowe -- Fluid Inclusions / Robert H. Goldstein -- Flume / Basil Gomez -- Forensic Sedimentology / Raymond C. Murray -- Gases In Sediments / Chris J. Clayton -- Geodes / Kitty L. Milliken -- Geophysical Properties Of Sediments (acoustical, Electrical, Radioactive) / Anthony L. Endres -- Geothermic Characteristics Of Sediments And Sedimentary Rocks / Daniel F. Merriam -- Glacial Sediments: Processes, Environments And Facies / Michael J. Hambrey And Neil F. Glasser -- Glaucony And Verdine / Alessandro Amorosi -- Grading, Graded Bedding / Richard N. Hiscott -- Grain Flow / Charles S. Campbell -- Grain Settling / Paul D. Komar -- Grain Size And Shape / Michael J. Church -- Grain Threshold / Paul D. Komar -- Gravity-driven Mass Flows / Richard M. Iverson -- Gutters And Gutter Casts / Paul Myrow -- Heavy Mineral Shadows / Rick Cheel -- Heavy Minerals / Andrew C. Morton -- Hindered Settling / Jon J. Major -- Humic Substances In Sediments / Laura J. Crossey -- Hummocky And Swaley Cross-stratification / Rick Cheel -- Hydrocarbons In Sediments / Martin Fowler -- Hydroxides And Oxyhydroxide Minerals / Helge Stanjek -- Illite Group Clay Minerals / Jan Srodon -- Imbrication And Flow-oriented Clasts / Cyril Galvin -- Impregnation / Scott F. Lamoureux -- Iron-manganese Nodules / Stephen E. Calvert -- Ironstones And Iron Formations / Bruce M. Simonson -- Isotopic Methods In Sedimentology / Fred J. Longstaffe -- Kaolin Group Minerals / Rossman F. Giese, Jr. -- Kerogen / Raphael A.j. Wust And R. Marc Bustin -- Lacustrine Sedimentation / Robert Gilbert -- Laterites / Yves Tardy -- Lepispheres / Sherwood W. Wise, Jr. -- Liquefaction And Fluidization / Charles S. Campbell -- Load Structures / John R.l. Allen -- Lunar Sediments / Abhijit Basu -- Magadiite / Robin W. Renaut -- Magnetic Properties Of Sediments / Mark J. Dekkers -- Mass Movement / Michael J. Bovis -- Maturation, Organic / R. Marc Bustin And Raphael A.j. Wust -- Maturity: Textural And Compositional / Raymond V. Ingersoll -- Meandering Channels / Edward J. Hickin -- Melange: Melange / John W.f. Waldron -- Micritization / Ian G. Macintyre And R. Pamela Reid -- Microbially Induced Sedimentary Structures / Nora Noffke -- Milankovitch Cycles / Linda Hinnov -- Mixed Siliciclastic And Carbonate Sedimentation / Robert K. Goldhammer -- Mixed-layer Clays / Jan Srodon -- Mixing Models / Bernard P. Boudreau -- Mudrocks / Paul E. Potter -- Neomorphism And Recrystallization / J.a.d. Dickson -- Nepheloid Layer, Sediment / I. Nicholas Mccave -- Neritic Carbonate Depositional Environments / Noel P. James -- Numerical Models And Simulation Of Sediment Transport And Deposition / Rudy L. Slingerland -- Oceanic Sediments / Robert G. Douglas -- Offshore Sands / Serge Berne -- Oil Sands / Daryl M. Wightman -- Oolite And Coated Grains / Fredrick D. Siewers -- Ophicalcites / Denis Lavoie -- Paleocurrent Analysis / Andrew D. Miall -- Parting Lineations And Current Crescents / Rick Cheel -- Peat / Barry G. Warner -- Petrophysics Of Sand And Sandstone / Robert Ehrlich -- Phosphorites / Craig R. Glenn And Robert E. Garrison -- Physics Of Sediment Transport: The Contributions Of R.a. Bagnold / Colin R. Thorne -- Pillar Structure / Zoltan Sylvester And Donald R. Lowe -- Placers, Fluvial / W.k. Fletcher -- Placers, Marine / David S. Cronan -- Planar And Parallel Lamination / John S. Bridge -- Porewaters In Sediments / Jeffrey S. Hanor -- Pressure Solution / Francois Renard And Dag Dysthe -- Provenance / Abhijit Basu. Edited By Gerard V. Middleton With Associate Editors, Michael J. Church ... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.