Focus on the Big Picture
Each chapter covers general principles without getting bogged down with excessive details. This allows students to develop a solid base level of understanding of core concepts.Balanced Approach
This book covers two principal fields of sedimentary geology—sedimentary petrology (properties of sedimentary rocks, their classification and nomenclature) and stratigraphy (defines and describes natural bodies of rock). Coverage is deliberately weighted in favor of the varieties of sedimentary rocks such as conglomerate, sandstone, mudrock, limestone, and dolostone that make up 99% of the sedimentary rock column.Accessible
Prothero and Schwab communicate at a level that helps undergraduates grasp the core concepts of stratigraphy without bogging down in extra detail.