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Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Earth's Structure and Processes
Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
1. Introduction to Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
2. Sediment Production: Weathering and Erosion
3. Properties of Sedimentary Grains
4. Sediment Transport and Fluid Dynamics
5. Sedimentary Structures
6. Depositional Environments and Sedimentary Facies
7. Diagenesis: From Sediment to Sedimentary Rock
8. Stratigraphic Principles and Concepts
9. Stratigraphic Units and Classification
10. Stratigraphic Correlation
11. Sequence Stratigraphy
12. Basin Analysis
13. Applications of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
4.
Sediment Transport and Fluid Dynamics
4.1.
Properties of Transporting Fluids
4.1.1.
Density
4.1.2.
Viscosity
4.1.3.
Flow Velocity
4.1.4.
Flow Regimes
4.1.4.1.
Laminar Flow
4.1.4.2.
Turbulent Flow
4.1.4.3.
Transitional Flow
4.1.5.
Dimensionless Numbers
4.1.5.1.
Reynolds Number
4.1.5.2.
Froude Number
4.2.
Particle Entrainment and Transport
4.2.1.
Thresholds of Motion
4.2.2.
Critical Shear Stress
4.2.3.
Hjulström Diagram
4.2.4.
Shields Diagram
4.2.5.
Modes of Particle Transport
4.2.5.1.
Bedload Transport
4.2.5.1.1.
Rolling
4.2.5.1.2.
Sliding
4.2.5.1.3.
Saltation
4.2.5.2.
Suspended Load Transport
4.2.5.3.
Wash Load Transport
4.3.
Transport Mechanisms
4.3.1.
Aqueous Transport
4.3.1.1.
Unidirectional Flows
4.3.1.2.
Oscillatory Flows
4.3.1.3.
Combined Flows
4.3.2.
Aeolian Transport
4.3.2.1.
Deflation
4.3.2.2.
Saltation
4.3.2.3.
Suspension
4.3.2.4.
Creep
4.3.3.
Glacial Transport
4.3.3.1.
Glacial Erosion Mechanisms
4.3.3.2.
Glacial Transport Processes
4.3.3.3.
Glacial Deposition
4.3.4.
Gravity-Driven Transport
4.3.4.1.
Mass Wasting Processes
4.3.4.2.
Sediment Gravity Flows
4.3.4.2.1.
Debris Flows
4.3.4.2.2.
Grain Flows
4.3.4.2.3.
Turbidity Currents
4.3.4.2.4.
Hyperconcentrated Flows
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