Sedimentary Environments is one of the most distinguished and influential textbooks in the earth sciences published in the last 20 years. The first and second e

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, an

The zone where land and sea meet is composed of a variety of complex environments. The coastal areas of the world contain a large percentage of its population a

The motivation for this volume came from the idea that thePrecambrian is the key, both to the present, and to theunderstanding of the Earth as a whole. The Prec

This edition retains the case history approach to emphasize the subsurface diagnosis of environments using seismic and geophysical well logs and their applicati