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020 _a9781107091993
040 _aISI Library
_bEnglish
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100 1 _aAllen, Philip A.
_4author
245 1 0 _aSediment routing systems:
_bthe fate of sediment from source to sink/
_cPhilip A. Allen
260 _aUnited Kingdom:
_bCUP,
_c2017
300 _axiii,407 pages;
_bill;
_c24cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographic references & index
505 _a1. Part I A Global view of sediment routing systems 2. Part II The Segments of sediment routing systems 3. Part III The Functioning of sediment routing systems 4. Part IV The Stratigraphic record of sediment routing systems
520 _aThis cutting-edge summary combines ideas from several sub-disciplines including geology, geomorphology, oceanography and geochemistry to provide an integrated view of Earth surface dynamics in terms of sediment generation, transport and deposition. Introducing a global view of fundamental concepts underpinning source-to-sink studies, it provides an analysis of the component segments which make up sediment routing systems. The functioning of sediment routing systems is illustrated through calculations of denudation and sedimentation as well as the response to external drivers; with the final sections focusing on the stratigraphic record of sediment routing systems. Containing quantitative solutions to a wide range of problems in Earth surface dynamics, it is suitable for graduate students as well as academic and professional researchers; and will enable an understanding of sediment routing systems. The author has distilled a lifetime of insightful study of the Earth's surface into a wide ranging and rigorous synthesis of planetary sediment processes. Sediment Routing Systems is the first to use the idea of global sediment routing - ‘following the sediment’ - to provide a framework for synthesis across environments and scales, to integrate the source and sink sides of the routing system, and to link geochemical and particulate fluxes. It manages to do this in a quantitative framework that is carefully formulated, accessible, and perfectly pitched in clarity and detail. Sediment Routing Systems is a landmark and masterpiece; for many Earth scientists, it will be all they need in terms of global sediment dynamics.
650 0 4 _aSediment
650 0 4 _aGeology
650 0 4 _aSediment Routing Systems
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