Jon Trevelyan (UK)
I actually just like the ‘Introducing ….’ sequence publish by Dunedin Academic Press, as you’ll have ascertained, if in case you have learn the numerous critiques I’ve included on this journal. This second version of Introducing Sedimentology by Stuart Jones updates the model I reviewed some time in the past (see Book review: Introducing Sedimentology, by Stuart Jones), and I discovered it equally pleasing.
Because the information factors out, sediments and sedimentary rocks (which make up 70% of the rocks on the Earth’s floor) are important to our understanding, enjoyment, and financial exploitation of the Earth. In that latter respect, they’re of immense financial significance (for constructing, manufacturing of vitality, and so forth), and we’re more likely to encounter a sedimentary rock or an related sedimentary course of in some unspecified time in the future each day – whether or not driving our automobiles, dwelling in brick or rock-built homes, burning coal, and much else besides.
In fact, Introducing Sedimentology covers all aspects of sedimentology, including the different types of sedimentary rocks and sedimentary structures, and environments of deposition of sediments. It also covers what sedimentology is, the change from sediment to sedimentary rock, and the economic resources that can be extracted from sedimentary rocks. In addition, it contains a useful glossary and further reading.
It is also full of explanatory diagrams and colour photographs, which is a characteristic of all Dunedin’s guides. Every page has colour and, if a picture tells a thousand words, then this guide is a lot longer than the 144 pages it consists of.
In fact, I found reading the book very easy. Complex subjects are treated in a way that makes them seem very simple. For this reason, I can see that the book is clearly written for students and amateur enthusiasts, but, to a lesser extent, for professional geologists. That is, it is an accessible and readable introduction to the science of sedimentology.
Dr Stuart Jones is Senior Lecturer in Sedimentology, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Durham and is passionate about sedimentology. He has taught the subject for many years to undergraduate and postgraduate students, and has led field trips and training courses for industry.
Introducing Sedimentology by Stuart Jones, Dunedin Academic Press, Edinburgh (2023), paperback (114 pages), ISBN: 978-1-780461021.
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