Sedimentology:
Defined in Boggs (5th edition)(2014). Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy. Pearson.
Paleontology and stratigraphy:
Doyle, P., 1996 (reprinted 2004): Understanding Fossils.
An introduction to Invertebrate Palaeontology. Wiley, 409 pp. (ISBN 0 471 96351 8)