Includes bibliographical references (p. 742-794) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Production of sediment at the Earth's surface -- Fundamentals of fluid flow, sediment transport, erosion, and deposition -- Environments of erosion and deposition -- Sediment into rock : diagenesis -- Long-term, large-scale processes : mountains and sedimentary basins.
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