Of STRATAFORM sediment deliveryQuestions for future research; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOMENCLATURE; REFERENCES; Post-depositional alteration and preservation of sedimentary strata; ROBERT A. WHEATCROFT*, PATRICIA L. WIBERG CLARK R. ALEXANDER! SAMUEL J. BENTLEY, DAVID E. DRAKEœ, COURTNEY K. HARRIS** and ANDREA S. OGSTON ; INTRODUCTION AND SCOPE; CONSOLIDATION; Theoretical framework; Observations; PHYSICAL ALTERATION; Fluid forcing; Bed properties; Deposition; BIOLOGICAL ALTERATION; Alteration of key dynamical bed properties; Bioturbation; Biogenic sedimentary structures; PRESERVATION.