diff --git a/src/types.rs b/src/types.rs
index 71835dd..905f0c0 100644
--- a/src/types.rs
+++ b/src/types.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ pub struct BlockY(pub u8);
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct BlockZ(pub u8);
 
+/// X, Y and Z coordinates of a block in a chunk section
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct BlockCoords {
 	pub x: BlockX,
@@ -27,6 +28,11 @@ pub struct BlockCoords {
 }
 
 impl BlockCoords {
+	/// Computes a block's offset in various data structures
+	///
+	/// Many chunk data structures store block and biome data in the same
+	/// order. [BlockCoords::offset] computes the offset at which the data
+	/// for the block at a given coordinate is stored.
 	pub fn offset(&self) -> usize {
 		use BLOCKS_PER_CHUNK as N;
 		let x = self.x.0 as usize;
@@ -69,6 +75,9 @@ impl Debug for ChunkCoords {
 	}
 }
 
+/// Generic array for data stored per chunk of a region
+///
+/// Includes various convenient iteration functions.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Default)]
 pub struct ChunkArray<T>(pub [[T; CHUNKS_PER_REGION]; CHUNKS_PER_REGION]);
 
@@ -105,11 +114,14 @@ impl<T> IndexMut<ChunkCoords> for ChunkArray<T> {
 	}
 }
 
+/// Calculate division and remainder at the same time
 pub trait DivRem<Rhs>
 where
 	Self: Div<Rhs>,
 	Self: Rem<Rhs>,
 {
+	/// Returns the result of the division and remainder operations
+	/// with the same inputs
 	fn div_rem(self, rhs: Rhs) -> (<Self as Div<Rhs>>::Output, <Self as Rem<Rhs>>::Output);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/world/chunk.rs b/src/world/chunk.rs
index 5ccb8f9..e6b2aa1 100644
--- a/src/world/chunk.rs
+++ b/src/world/chunk.rs
@@ -11,41 +11,62 @@ use super::{
 };
 use crate::types::*;
 
+/// Chunk data structure wrapping a [de::Chunk] for convenient access to
+/// block and biome data
+#[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum Chunk<'a> {
+	/// Minecraft v1.18+ chunk with biome data moved into sections
 	V1_18 {
 		section_map: BTreeMap<SectionY, (PaletteSection<'a>, PaletteSectionBiomes<'a>)>,
 	},
+	/// Minecraft v1.13+ chunk
+	///
+	/// Block data is stored in an indexed format with variable bit width
+	/// (depending on the total numer of distinct block types used in a
+	/// section), and a palette mapping these indices to namespaced
+	/// block IDs
 	V1_13 {
 		section_map: BTreeMap<SectionY, PaletteSection<'a>>,
 		biomes: &'a de::BiomesOld,
 	},
+	/// Original pre-1.13 chunk
+	///
+	/// The original chunk format with fixed 8-bit numeric block IDs
 	Old {
 		section_map: BTreeMap<SectionY, OldSection<'a>>,
 		biomes: &'a de::BiomesOld,
 	},
+	/// Unpopulated chunk without any block data
 	Empty,
 }
 
+/// Inner data structure of [SectionIter]
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 enum SectionIterInner<'a> {
+	/// Iterator over sections of [Chunk::V1_18]
 	V1_18 {
 		iter: btree_map::Iter<'a, SectionY, (PaletteSection<'a>, PaletteSectionBiomes<'a>)>,
 	},
+	/// Iterator over sections of [Chunk::V1_13]
 	V1_13 {
 		iter: btree_map::Iter<'a, SectionY, PaletteSection<'a>>,
 	},
+	/// Iterator over sections of [Chunk::Old]
 	Old {
 		iter: btree_map::Iter<'a, SectionY, OldSection<'a>>,
 	},
+	/// Empty iterator over an unpopulated chunk ([Chunk::Empty])
 	Empty,
 }
 
+/// Iterator over the sections of a [Chunk]
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct SectionIter<'a> {
 	inner: SectionIterInner<'a>,
 }
 
 impl<'a> Chunk<'a> {
+	/// Creates a new [Chunk] from a deserialized [de::Chunk]
 	pub fn new(data: &'a de::Chunk) -> Result<Self> {
 		let data_version = data.data_version.unwrap_or_default();
 
@@ -55,6 +76,7 @@ impl<'a> Chunk<'a> {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/// [Chunk::new] implementation for Minecraft v1.18+ chunks
 	fn new_v1_18(data_version: u32, sections: &'a Vec<de::SectionV1_18>) -> Result<Self> {
 		let mut section_map = BTreeMap::new();
 
@@ -80,6 +102,7 @@ impl<'a> Chunk<'a> {
 		Ok(Chunk::V1_18 { section_map })
 	}
 
+	/// [Chunk::new] implementation for all pre-1.18 chunk variants
 	fn new_old(data_version: u32, level: &'a de::LevelOld) -> Result<Self> {
 		let mut section_map_v1_13 = BTreeMap::new();
 		let mut section_map_old = BTreeMap::new();
@@ -131,6 +154,7 @@ impl<'a> Chunk<'a> {
 		)
 	}
 
+	/// Returns an interator over the chunk's sections and their Y coordinates
 	pub fn sections(&self) -> SectionIter {
 		use SectionIterInner::*;
 		SectionIter {
diff --git a/src/world/section.rs b/src/world/section.rs
index 265b393..78201a1 100644
--- a/src/world/section.rs
+++ b/src/world/section.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ use anyhow::{bail, Context, Result};
 use super::de;
 use crate::{resource, types::*};
 
+/// Determine the number of bits required for indexing into a palette of a given length
+///
+/// This is basically a base-2 logarithm, with clamping to a minimum value and
+/// check against a maximum value. If the result would be greater than the passed
+/// `max` value, [None] is returned.
 fn palette_bits(len: usize, min: u8, max: u8) -> Option<u8> {
 	let mut bits = min;
 	while (1 << bits) < len {
@@ -16,10 +21,16 @@ fn palette_bits(len: usize, min: u8, max: u8) -> Option<u8> {
 	Some(bits)
 }
 
+/// Trait for common functions of [PaletteSection] and [OldSection]
 pub trait Section {
 	fn get_block_id(&self, coords: BlockCoords) -> Result<&str>;
 }
 
+/// Minecraft v1.18+ section biome data
+///
+/// The biome data is part of the section structure in Minecraft v1.18+, with
+/// the biomes laid out as an array of indices into a palette, similar to the
+/// v1.13+ block data.
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct PaletteSectionBiomes<'a> {
 	_biomes: Option<&'a fastnbt::LongArray>,
@@ -28,6 +39,7 @@ pub struct PaletteSectionBiomes<'a> {
 }
 
 impl<'a> PaletteSectionBiomes<'a> {
+	/// Constructs a new [PaletteSectionBiomes] from deserialized data structures
 	pub fn new(biomes: Option<&'a fastnbt::LongArray>, palette: &'a Vec<String>) -> Result<Self> {
 		let bits = palette_bits(palette.len(), 1, 6).context("Unsupported block palette size")?;
 
@@ -47,6 +59,7 @@ impl<'a> PaletteSectionBiomes<'a> {
 	}
 }
 
+/// Minecraft v1.13+ section block data
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct PaletteSection<'a> {
 	block_states: Option<&'a fastnbt::LongArray>,
@@ -56,6 +69,7 @@ pub struct PaletteSection<'a> {
 }
 
 impl<'a> PaletteSection<'a> {
+	/// Constructs a new [PaletteSection] from deserialized data structures
 	pub fn new(
 		data_version: u32,
 		block_states: Option<&'a fastnbt::LongArray>,
@@ -85,6 +99,7 @@ impl<'a> PaletteSection<'a> {
 		})
 	}
 
+	/// Looks up the block type palette index at the given coordinates
 	fn get_palette_index(&self, coords: BlockCoords) -> usize {
 		let Some(block_states) = self.block_states else {
 			return 0;
@@ -127,6 +142,7 @@ impl<'a> Section for PaletteSection<'a> {
 	}
 }
 
+/// Pre-1.13 section block data
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct OldSection<'a> {
 	blocks: &'a fastnbt::ByteArray,
@@ -134,6 +150,7 @@ pub struct OldSection<'a> {
 }
 
 impl<'a> OldSection<'a> {
+	/// Constructs a new [OldSection] from deserialized data structures
 	pub fn new(blocks: &'a fastnbt::ByteArray, data: &'a fastnbt::ByteArray) -> Result<Self> {
 		use BLOCKS_PER_CHUNK as N;