UID:
almahu_9949697935902882
Format:
1 online resource (679 pages)
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
1-281-77795-1
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9786611777951
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0-08-086944-0
Series Statement:
Developments in sedimentology ; 30B
Content:
Sedimentary structures, their character and physical basis Volume 2
Note:
Front Cover; Sedimentary Structures Their Character and Physical Basis; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME II; CHAPTER 1. LONGITUDINAL BEDFORMS AND SECONDARY FLOWS; Introduction; General character and effects of secondary flows; Causes of secondary flow; Sand ribbons in aqueous currents; Sand ribbons in aeolian environments; Erosional grooves and ridges; Longitudinal desert dunes; Tidal current ridges; Ridge-and- furrow moulds; Wave-related furrows and ridges; Wave-related gravel stripes; Spur- and- groove; Glacial flutings; Trough banding in layered igneous rocks; Summary
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CHAPTER 2. FREE MEANDERING CHANNELS AND LATERAL DEPOSITS; Introduction; Fluvial and tidal meanders; Flow processes in meanders and channel bends; Sedimentation processes in meanders and channel bends; Lateral accretion structures and deposits; Summary; CHAPTER 3. AN OUTLINE OF FLOW SEPARATION; Introduction; Separation in internal and external flows; Streamline mappings; Rollers and vortices: closed and open separation; Separation in two dimensions; Axisymmetric flows; Separation in three dimensions; Pressure and stress in low-speed separated flows
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Vortex-production and turbulence in low-speed separated flows; Flow separation at high speeds; Axisymmetric turbulent jets; Summary; CHAPTER 4. SEDIMENTATION FROM JETS AND SEPARATED FLOWS; Introduction; Partical free falling velocity in the presence of turbulence; Sedimentation from jets; Sand volcanoes; Sedimentation from separated flows with normal gravity; Sedimentation in the far lee: shell-pebble lags and ripple fans; Geometry and structure of lee-side deposits; Summary; CHAPTER 5. FLOW AROUND A BLUFF BODY: OBSTACLE MARKS; Introduction; General features of bluff-body flows
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Bluff bodies in planetary boundary layers; General implications for sedimentation; Controls on the character of obstacle marks; Current crescents in aeolian environments; Current crescents in aqueous environments; Current shadows in aeolian environments; Current shadows in aqueous environments; Scour-remnant ridges; Scour features in complex currents; Summary; CHAPTER 6. HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER: ICE DUNES, KARREN, AND RELATED FORMS; Introduction; Regimes and mechanisms of heat and mass transfer; Controls on heat and mass transfer; Heat and mass transfer in separated low-speed flows
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Heat and mass transfer in high-speed flows; Instabilities accompanying mass or heat-with-mass transfer; Classification of Kurren; First-order Kurren; Second-order Kurren; Cockling; Transverse Kurren and related forms; Structures related to high-speed flow; Summary; CHAPTER 7. FLUTE MARKS, MUD RIPPLES, SICHEL WANNEN AND POTHOLES; Introduction; Flute marks; Mud ripples; Potholes; Sichelwunnen; Origin of flute marks; Origin of mud ripples; Origin of potholes; Origin of Sichelwannen; Summary; CHAPTER 8. LIQUIDIZATION, LIQUIDIZED SEDIMENT, AND THE SEDIMENTATION OF DENSE PARTICLE DISPERSIONS
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Introduction
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-444-41945-4
Language:
English
