Environmental Sedimentology by Chris Perry, Kevin Taylor - 9781405115155

Environmental SedimentologyAuthor(s): Chris Perry, Kevin Taylor\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Wiley-Blackwell\nISBN-13: 9781405115155, 978-1405115155\nSynopsis\nEnvironmental Sedimentology provides a comprehensive introduction to this rapidly expanding field which addresses the functioning and dynamics of contemporary sediment systems and how these systems respond to a range of both natural and anthropogenically-induced disturbance events. \n\nconsiders a range of sedimentary environments; mountain and upland, fluvial, lacustrine, arid, urban, deltaic and estuarine, temperate coastal, tropical coastal, and continental shelf\naspects of sediment management and remediation are also considered as are the potential impacts of on-going and future climatic and environmental change\nReadership: advanced level undergraduates in earth science, environmental science and physical geography, and graduate students in the earth and environmental ss