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About the Author
John Collinson, formerly Professor of Sedimentology at the University of Bergen, Norway, and until recently ran his own geological consultancy. Nigel Mountney is Professor of Sedimentology in the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds where he is the Director of the Fluvial & Eolian Research Group; additionally, he is a former Chief Editor of Sedimentology, a leading academic journal.
Reviews
'Professors John Collinson and Nigel Mountjoy's fourth edition of Sedimentary Structures is decidedly a textbook, both by intention and declaration. It has a solid, detailed text (no pun intended) meant for frequent and repeated reading and consultation... Dunedin Academic Press, which took over the publication of this textbook from the original Terra Publishing, is to be congratulated for publishing this edition and providing sedimentary geologists with an extremely useful practical and reference book. If you like sedimentary geology, collect this book and deposit it in your library, then use it for years as your post-graduate, post-depositional reference book!' Proceedings of the OUGS 'Those of us who had used earlier editions will recognise how much has been done to make this edition the go-to textbook on sedimentary structures. It now contains a plethora of fine quality coloured photographs and beautifully drawn clear diagrams, again using bright colour. The examples are taken from all over the world, including, of course, the widely used Liscannor Flags from Co Clare with its spectacular animal tracks. The whole book has been modernised and made an attractive read.The book goes from an introduction which talks about structure in its wider geological context to bedding and then the basic properties of fluids, flows and sediment. Erosional structures are followed by depositional structures, going from fine grained to coarse grained sediments and then chemical and biological; finally, deformation and disturbance due to varieties of factors are described. The various assemblages are then put together into environmental interpretations. Very valuable are a set of Appendices that show methods of displaying data - spoke, rose diagrams etc., sampling techniques for soft sediments, methods of studying trace fossils and techniques of sedimentary logging. The book is learned but quite easy reading, helped by the fact there are hardly two pages together that don't have some of the beautiful illustrations mentioned above. It is aimed at undergraduates but I think its appeal should be much wider. Certainly amateur rock hounds will find it enthralling and I expect it to turn up in the labs of company geologists in the petroleum and mineral industries where interpreting core and environments can be the key to success. The price, considering the overall quality of the book, is a steal and it is thoroughly recommended. I will be surprised if it isn't the standard text-book on the subject for the next decade or so.' Earth Science Ireland
Book Information
ISBN 9781780460628
Author John Collinson
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint Dunedin Academic Press
Publisher Liverpool University Press