{"product_id":"9781405177832","title":"Sedimentology and Sedimentary Basins From Turbulence to Tectonics","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSedimentology and Sedimentary Basins\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFrom Turbulence to Tectonics\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMike R. Leeder\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eScience \/ Earth Sciences \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe sedimentary record on Earth stretches back more than 4.3 billion years and is present in more abbreviated forms on companion planets of the Solar System, like Mars and Venus, and doubtless elsewhere. Reading such planetary archives correctly requires intimate knowledge of modern sedimentary processes acting within the framework provided by tectonics, climate and sea or lake level variations. The subject of sedimentology thus encompasses the origins, transport and deposition of mineral sediment on planetary surfaces.  \u003cp\u003eThe author addresses the principles of the subject from the viewpoint of modern processes, emphasising a general science narrative approach in the main text, with quantitative background derived in enabling ‘cookie’ appendices. The book ends with an innovative chapter dealing with how sedimentology is currently informing a variety of cognate disciplines, from the timing and extent tectonic uplift to variations in palaeoclimate. Each chapter concludes with a detailed guide to key further reading leading to a large bibliography of over 2500 entries. The book is designed to reach an audience of senior undergraduate and graduate students and interested academic and industry professionals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eMike Leeder\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emeritus at the \u003cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cst1:placetype w:st=\"on\"\u003eUniversity\u003c\/st1:placetype\u003e of \u003cst1:placename w:st=\"on\"\u003eEast Anglia\u003c\/st1:placename\u003e\u003c\/st1:place\u003e, \u003cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cst1:city w:st=\"on\"\u003eNorwich\u003c\/st1:city\u003e, \u003cst1:country-region w:st=\"on\"\u003eEngland\u003c\/st1:country-region\u003e\u003c\/st1:place\u003e. A geologist by training, at the \u003cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cst1:placetype w:st=\"on\"\u003eUniversity\u003c\/st1:placetype\u003e of \u003cst1:placename w:st=\"on\"\u003eDurham\u003c\/st1:placename\u003e\u003c\/st1:place\u003e, he has researched and taught sedimentology since 1969, beginning as a graduate student at the Sedimentological Research Laboratory, \u003cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cst1:placetype w:st=\"on\"\u003eUniversity\u003c\/st1:placetype\u003e of \u003cst1:placename w:st=\"on\"\u003eReading\u003c\/st1:placename\u003e\u003c\/st1:place\u003e under the legendary Perce Allen and as faculty member at the Universities of Leeds and \u003cst1:country-region w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003eEast Anglia\u003c\/st1:place\u003e\u003c\/st1:country-region\u003e. He is particularly interested in sedimentological fluid dynamics, basin analysis and the links between sedimentary processes and climate change.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e28 February 2011\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405177832\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e784\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e58.4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44310553231500,"sku":"9781405177832","price":106.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405177832.jpg?v=1780176347","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781405177832","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}