1. INTRODUCTION 1
2. THE STRATIGRAPHIC COLUMN 8
3. STRATIGRAPHIC PROCEDURES 32
4. PROPERTIES OF SEDIMENTARY ROCKS 67
5. CLASSIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION OF SEDIMENTARY ROCKS 114
6. SEDIMENTARY PROCESSES 148
7. SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS 186
8. STRATIGRAPHIC PALEONTOLOGY 224
9. SEDIMENTARY FACIES 252
10. PRINCIPLES OF CORRELATION 287
11. TECTONIC FRAMEWORK OF SEDIMENTATION 317
12. SEDIMENTARY TECTONICS 350
13. STRATIGRAPHIC MAPS 393
14. PALEOGEOGRAPHY 423
BIBLIOGRAPHY 449
INDEX 477