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‘pigeonholing’, that is, trying to match a succession of Reading, H.G. (Ed.) (1996) Sedimentary Environments:
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Stow, D.A.V. (2005) Sedimentary Rocks in the Field: a Colour
tional environment, small details can be vital and
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must not be overlooked.
Tucker, M.E. (2003) Sedimentary Rocks in the Field (3rd
edition). Wiley, Chichester.
FURTHER READING Walker, R.G. (2006) Facies models revisited: introduction. In:
Facies Models Revisited (Eds Walker, R.G. & Posamentier,
Collinson, J., Mountney, N. & Thompson, D. (2006) Sedimen- H.). Special Publication 84, Society of Economic Paleon-
tary Structures. Terra Publishing, London. tologists and Mineralogists, Tulsa, OK; 1–17.