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Desert sedimentary environments

Title
Desert sedimentary environments / by K.W. Glennie.
Author
Glennie, K. W.
Publication
Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier Publishing Company, 1970.

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Description
xv, 222 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 24 cm
Series Statement
Developments in sedimentology ; 14
Uniform Title
Developments in sedimentology ; 14.
Subject
  • Deserts
  • Sedimentation and deposition
  • deserts
  • Sediment
  • Wüste
  • Sedimentatie
  • Woestijnen
  • DESERTS
  • SEDIMENTS
  • DEPOSITION
  • Sédiments (géologie)
  • Déserts > Arabie
  • Sols désertiques > Arabie
  • Sediment
Note
  • Originally prepared as a report to the Koninklijke/Shell Exploratie en Productie Laboratorium.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [199]-208.
Contents
Some generalisations concerning deserts -- Some criteria for identifying ancient desert sediments -- Desert erosion and deflation -- Wadis and desert fluviatile sediments -- Desert lakes and inland sebkhas -- Aeolian sands -- Desert coastal sediments -- Subsurface recognition of desert sediments -- The relation between red beds and deserts.
ISBN
  • 0444408509
  • 9780444408501
LCCN
76118253
OCLC
  • ocm00138529
  • 138529
  • SCSB-418490
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library