1 Overview. - Sources of Mud. - Suspension Transportation Deposition and Erosion. - Definition and Classification. - Sedimentary Structures. - Shales and Organisms. - Mineralogy and Geochemistry. - Color. - Compaction. - Occurrence and Characteristics of Mud in Modern Environments. - Paleocurrents in Shaly Basins. - Shale in Ancient Basins. - 2 Question Set. - Describing Outcrops and Cores and Using Wire-Line Logs. - Laboratory Studies. - Making a Synthesis: Depositional Environment and Basin Analysis. - References. - 3 Annotated and Illustrated Bibliography. - Books. - Classics. - Classification. - Transport and Erosion. - Deposition of Modern Muds. - Mineralogy. - Geochemistry. - Petrology. - Paleontology and Paleoecology. - Shales in Ancient Basins. - Burial History. - Shale Through Time. - Economic Geology. - Environmental and Engineering Geology. - Author Index. - Index of Stratigraphic Units. Language: English