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4.9 SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES AND in palaeoenvironmental analysis and is followed by
SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS chapters that consider the processes and products of
different environments in more detail.
Bernoulli’s equation, Stokes Law, Reynolds and
Froude numbers may seem far removed from sedi-
mentary rocks exposed in a cliff but if we are to FURTHER READING
interpret those rocks in terms of the processes that
formed them a little knowledge of fluid dynamics is Allen, J.R.L. (1982) Sedimentary Structures: their Character
useful. Understanding what sedimentary structures and Physical Basis, Vol. 1. Developments in Sedimentology.
mean in terms of physical processes is one of the Elsevier, Amsterdam.
starting points for the analysis of sedimentary rocks Allen, J.R.L. (1985) Principles of Physical Sedimentology.
Unwin-Hyman, London.
in terms of environment of deposition. Most of the Allen, P.A. (1997) Earth Surface Processes. Blackwell Science,
sedimentary structures described are familiar from Oxford, 404 pp.
terrigenous clastic rocks but it is important to remem- Collinson, J., Mountney, N. & Thompson, D. (2006) Sedimen-
ber that any particulate matter interacts with the fluid tary Structures. Terra Publishing, London.
medium it is transported in and many of these fea- Leeder, M.R. (1999) Sedimentology and Sedimentary Basins:
tures also occur commonly in calcareous sediments from Turbulence to Tectonics. Blackwell Science, Oxford.
made up of bioclastic debris and in volcaniclastic Pye, K. (Ed.) (1994) Sediment Transport and Depositional Pro-
rocks. The next chapter introduces the concepts used cesses. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford.