Description
Environmental Sedimentology
Coordinators: Perry Chris, Taylor Kevin
Language: EnglishSubject for Environmental Sedimentology:
Keywords
sediment; sedimentology; field; environmental; contemporary; introduction; expanding; rapidly; comprehensive; dynamics; sedimentary environments; book; mountain; variety; main; overview; production; sources; range; impacts; natural
452 p. · 19.3x24.6 cm · Paperback
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- 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
1. Environmental Sedimentology: Introduction: Chris Perry & Kevin Taylor (Manchester Metropolitan University).
2. Mountain Environments: Jeff Warburton (University of Durham).
3. Fluvial Environments: Karen Hudson-Edwards (Birkbeck College, London).
4. Lake Environments: Lars Hakanson (University of Uppsala).
5. Arid Environments: Anne Mather (University of Plymouth).
6. Urban Environments: Kevin Taylor (Manchester Metropolitan University).
7. Deltaic and Estuarine Environments: Peter French (Royal Holloway, University of London).
8. Temperate Coastal Environments: Andrew Cooper (University of Ulster).
9. Tropical Coastal Environments: Coral Reefs and Mangroves: Chris Perry (Manchester Metropolitan University).
10. Continental Shelf Environments: Piers Larcombe (CEFAS, UK).
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