Includes bibliographical references (p. 623-653) and index.

1. Weathering and soils -- 2. Transport and deposition of siliciclastic sediment -- 3. Sedimentary textures -- 4. Sedimentary structures -- 5. Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks -- 6. Carbonate sedimentary rocks -- 7. Other chemical/biochemical and carbonaceous sedimentary rocks -- 8. Continental (terrestrial) environments -- 9. Marginal-marine environments -- 10. Siliciclastic marine environments -- 11. Carbonate and evaporite environments -- 12. Lithostratigraphy -- 13. Seismic, sequence, and magnetic stratigraphy -- 14. Biostratigraphy -- 15. Chronostratigraphy and geologic time -- 16. Basin analysis, tectonics, and sedimentation -- App. A. Form and roundness of sedimentary particles -- App. B. Paleothermometry -- App. C. North American stratigraphic code -- App. D. Nomenclature of global and North American chronostratigraphic units -- App. E. Web sites pertaining to sedimentology and stratigraphy.