Sedimentology and Stratigraphy

  1. Sediment Transport and Fluid Dynamics
    1. Properties of Transporting Fluids
      1. Density
        1. Viscosity
          1. Flow Velocity
            1. Flow Regimes
              1. Laminar Flow
                1. Turbulent Flow
                  1. Transitional Flow
                  2. Dimensionless Numbers
                    1. Reynolds Number
                      1. Froude Number
                    2. Particle Entrainment and Transport
                      1. Thresholds of Motion
                        1. Critical Shear Stress
                          1. Hjulström Diagram
                            1. Shields Diagram
                              1. Modes of Particle Transport
                                1. Bedload Transport
                                  1. Rolling
                                    1. Sliding
                                      1. Saltation
                                      2. Suspended Load Transport
                                        1. Wash Load Transport
                                      3. Transport Mechanisms
                                        1. Aqueous Transport
                                          1. Unidirectional Flows
                                            1. Oscillatory Flows
                                              1. Combined Flows
                                              2. Aeolian Transport
                                                1. Deflation
                                                  1. Saltation
                                                    1. Suspension
                                                      1. Creep
                                                      2. Glacial Transport
                                                        1. Glacial Erosion Mechanisms
                                                          1. Glacial Transport Processes
                                                            1. Glacial Deposition
                                                            2. Gravity-Driven Transport
                                                              1. Mass Wasting Processes
                                                                1. Sediment Gravity Flows
                                                                  1. Debris Flows
                                                                    1. Grain Flows
                                                                      1. Turbidity Currents
                                                                        1. Hyperconcentrated Flows

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                                                                  3. Properties of Sedimentary Grains

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                                                                  5. Sedimentary Structures