Physics of Sedimentology

- Introduction

- Sorting Out and Mixing:
... Bulk Minerals
... Heavy Minerals
... Size and Sorting
... Exclusion Principle

- Grains Settle:
... Stokes' Law
... Why Derivation
... Dimensional Analysis
... Fluid Resistance
... Reynolds Number
... Resistance Coefficient
... Lacustrine Varves

- Sediments are Moved:
... Turbidity Currents
... Chezy's Equation
... Stream Transport
... Shields' Diagram
... Hjulström's Curve

- Rocks Fall:
... Sediment-Gravity Flows
... Elm Landslide
... Grand Banks Slide
... Speed of Slides
... Debris Flows
... Sand Avalanches
... Mud Slide
... OlistostromeVolume Dependence of Sturzstrom

- Suspensions Flow:
... Suspension Current
... Auto-suspension
... Bagnold's Criterion
... Chezy-Kuenen Equation
... Keulegan's Law
... Energy Line
... Hyperconcentrated Density Flows

- Sand Waves Migrate:
... Richardson Number
... Froude Number
... Model Theory
... Point-Bar Sequence
... Bedform
... Facies Models

- Oceans are Ventilated:
... Ocean Currents
... Bernoulli's Theorem
... Darcy-Weisbach Equation
... Contourites

- Groundwater Circulates:
... Darcy Equation
... Poiseuille Law
... Hydrodynamic Potential
... Permeability
... Compaction
... Diffusion

- Components Equilibrate:
... Mass-Action Law
... Gibbs Criteria of Chemical Equilibrium
... First and Second Law of Thermodynamics
... Lewis Concept of Chemical Activity
... Carbonate Equilibria
... Metastable Phases
... Calcite Dissolution

- Evaporation Pumps:
... Dolomite
... Dolomite Solubility
... Material Transfer in Open Systems
... Seepage Refluxing
... Evaporative Pumping
... Flood Recharge

- Isotopes Fractionate:
... Isotopes
... Isotope Tracers
... Paleotemperature
... Paleoproductivity
... Strangelove Ocean

- Basins Subside:
... Isostasy
... Airy Model
... Crustal Thinning
... Mantle Heterogeneity
... Lithospheric Stresses

- Why Creativity in Geology?