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Davis, Richard A., Jr., 1937-

Depositional systems : a genetic approach to sedimentary geology / Richard A. Davis, Jr. - Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, �1983. - xvii, 669 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 609-660) and index.

Sediments and sedimentary rocks -- Sedimentary processes -- Sedimentary structures -- Principles of stratigraphy and basin analysis -- The lacustrine system -- The desert system -- The glacial system -- The fluvial system -- The delta system -- Intertidal environments -- Coastal bays: estuaries and lagoons -- The barrier island system -- Terrigenous shelves and shallow seas -- Reefs and the carbonate platform system -- The continental slope and rise system -- The deep ocean system.

ISBN: 013198960X 9780131989603

LCCN: 82024125

Nat. Bib. No.: GB8516423 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 011297081 Uk 008487057 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Sedimentation and deposition.
Sedimentation and deposition.
S�edimentation (G�eologie)
Sedimentation and deposition
Sedimentation
Sedimentation and deposition.
S�edimentation (g�eologie)

Subjects--Index Terms: Sedimentation

LC Class. No.: QE581 / .D38 1983

Dewey Class. No.: 551.3

Universal Decimal Class. No.: 551.3.051

National Agricultural Library Call No.: QE581.D38