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Sedimentology

These links and readings are provided to support the Sedimentology module at the University of Derby, and are in addition to the classes, and the course and practical notes available from the University of Derby web site. Topics are not necessarily given in exactly the same order as in the course.

Textbook references are to:

TUCKER, M.E. 2001. Sedimentary Petrology: an introduction to the origin of sedimentary rocks. 3rd edition. Blackwell Scientific Publications.

Sediment transport and sedimentary structures

Topic		Hydraulics of sediment transport and deposition
Reading		Collinson, J.D., Mountney, N. & Thompson, D.B. 2006. Sedimentary Structures (3rd revised edition). Terra Publishing. Chapter 3: Basic properties of fluids, flows and sediments or Leeder, M.R. 1982. Sedimentology: Process and Product. Chapter 5: Fluid properties and fluid motion.
Online lectures, tutorials & reading		Lecture: Sediment Transport
Video, audio		Transporting Sand Grains - Exploring Sedimentary Processes (Open University) [5 minutes] Sediment deposition and Stokes' Law [10 minutes] Unidirectional Water Flow: sediment transport and sedimentary structures movies

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