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6.4 Weathering processes, 89 10.7 Recognition of lacustrine facies, 161
6.5 Erosion and transport, 93 Further reading, 161
6.6 Denudation and landscape evolution, 95
6.7 Tectonics and denudation, 99 11 THE MARINE REALM: MORPHOLOGY
6.8 Measuring rates of denudation, 100 AND PROCESSES, 163
6.9 Denudation and sediment supply: summary, 101 11.1 Divisions of the marine realm, 163
Further reading, 101 11.2 Tides, 165
11.3 Wave and storm processes, 169
7 GLACIAL ENVIRONMENTS, 102 11.4 Thermo-haline and geostrophic
7.1 Distribution of glacial environments, 102 currents, 170
7.2 Glacial ice, 104 11.5 Chemical and biochemical sedimentation
7.3 Glaciers, 105 in oceans, 170
7.4 Continental glacial deposition, 107 11.6 Marine fossils, 172
7.5 Marine glacial environments, 110 11.7 Trace fossils, 173
7.6 Distribution of glacial deposits, 112 11.8 Marine environments: summary, 178
7.7 Ice, climate and tectonics, 112 Further reading, 178
7.8 Summary of glacial environments, 113
Further reading, 113 12 DELTAS, 179
12.1 River mouths, deltas and estuaries, 179
8 AEOLIAN ENVIRONMENTS, 114 12.2 Types of delta, 179
8.1 Aeolian transport, 114 12.3 Delta environments and successions, 182
8.2 Deserts and ergs, 116 12.4 Variations in delta morphology
8.3 Characteristics of wind-blown particles, 116 and facies, 184
8.4 Aeolian bedforms, 118 12.5 Deltaic cycles and stratigraphy, 193
8.5 Desert environments, 120 12.6 Syndepositional deformation
8.6 Aeolian deposits outside deserts, 126 in deltas, 195
8.7 Summary, 127 12.7 Recognition of deltaic deposits, 196
Further reading, 127 Further reading, 198
9 RIVERS AND ALLUVIAL FANS, 129 13 CLASTIC COASTS AND
9.1 Fluvial and alluvial systems, 129 ESTUARIES, 199
9.2 River forms, 131 13.1 Coasts, 199
9.3 Floodplain deposition, 139 13.2 Beaches, 201
9.4 Patterns in fluvial deposits, 139 13.3 Barrier and lagoon systems, 203
9.5 Alluvial fans, 141 13.4 Tides and coastal systems, 206
9.6 Fossils in fluvial and alluvial 13.5 Coastal successions, 207
environments, 146 13.6 Estuaries, 207
9.7 Soils and palaeosols, 146 13.7 Fossils in coastal and estuarine
9.8 Fluvial and alluvial fan deposition: environments, 212
summary, 149 Further reading, 214
Further reading, 149
14 SHALLOW SANDY SEAS, 215
10 LAKES, 151 14.1 Shallow marine environments of terrigenous
10.1 Lakes and lacustrine environments, 151 clastic deposition, 215
10.2 Freshwater lakes, 153 14.2 Storm-dominated shallow clastic seas, 217
10.3 Saline lakes, 157 14.3 Tide-dominated clastic shallow seas, 220
10.4 Ephemeral lakes, 158 14.4 Responses to change in sea level, 222
10.5 Controls on lacustrine deposition, 160 14.5 Criteria for the recognition of sandy
10.6 Life in lakes and fossils in lacustrine shallow-marine sediments, 223
deposits, 160 Further reading, 224