Indra Bir Singh was one of the few outstanding sedimentologists all over the world. He continued to remain involved in developing actualist sedimentation models through studies in the present depositional environments. He successfully used them in making palaeoenvironmental interpretations of many rock sequences in India, Europe, and the United States. His studies on the modern coastal sediments of the North Sea in a team led by Prof. Dr. H. E. Reineck at Wilhelmshaven, Germany, led to the development of facies models for tidal channels, sandy coastal shoals, and beachshelf regions. These studies lead to understanding the genesis of laminations in such deposits. All over the world, workers still follow these inferences and ideas, especially those engaged in the sedimentological research on the continental shelf. A series of papers on these aspects were published in German language journals, culminating in a collaborative book, “Depositional Sedimentary Environment” published in 1973 by Springer-Verlag. This book serves as a permanent resource book by the sedimentologist working with sand deposits, especially the petroleum geologists. The Second Revised and Enlarged Edition were published in 1980 and later translated into Russian and Chinese languages.
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