This book, first published in 1985, is a dramatic revision of Dr.
Allen's earlier book. Completely restructured, more comprehensive
and more concerned with fundamental physical principles. It is
intended for the senior undergraduate and beginning postgraduate
student in Earth Science. It covers general physic in order to
understand the small scale mechanically formed features of detrital
sediments. "The coverage is very thorough and the ideas are
presented in a lively text written in an interrogative style which
constantly poses questions to the reader and suggests lines of
enquiry. The text is widely illustrated. Highlights include the
exceptionally thorough introduction to the basic physical
principles of sedimentation and the lively and varied accounts of
flow in meandering channels and turbulence." Terra Cognita "I was
unable to read more than a few pages without encountering some new
and stimulating idea. Does not resemble any other sedimentology
textbook. The great strength of this book, as of much of Allen's
other work, is in applying physical reasoning and simplified
mathematical modelling to sedimentologic problems. Allen here
reminds me of Bagnold: Both have performed highly original and
seminal analyses." Sedimentology
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