Applied SedimentologyElsevier, 24 mai 2000 - 523 pages There are three types of rock—igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary. Sedimentary rocks form from the weathering, erosion, transportation and deposition of older rocks. Applied Sedimentology describes the formation, transportation and deposition of sediment, and the post-depositional processes that change soft sediment into sedimentary rock. Sedimentary rocks include sandstones, limestones and mudstones. All the world's coal, most of its water and fossil fuels, and many mineral deposits occur in sedimentary rocks. Applied Sedimentology shows how the study of sediments aids the exploration for and exploitation of natural resources, including water, ores and hydrocarbons. * Completely revised edition; Like its precursor, it describes sediments from sand grains to sedimentary basins; Features up-to date account and critique of sequence and cyclostratigraphy * Extensively illustrated with photos and remotely sensed sea bed images describing sedimentary processes, products and depositional systems; Color plates illustrate sediment textures, lithologies, pore types, diagenetic textures, and carbonate and clastic sequence stratigraphic models* Emphasises the applications of sedimentology to the exploration for and exploitation of natural resources, including water, ores and hydrocarbons* Extensive references and up-to-date bibliography for further study |
Table des matières
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Sediment Sedimented | 87 |
Sediment to Rock | 307 |
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About the Author | 523 |
Color Plates Section | 525 |
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Expressions et termes fréquents
alluvial analysis ancient anhydrite aragonite Assoc barrier Blackwell Bull calcite carbonate cement channel chemical chert clay minerals coal conglomerates connate connate water continental continental shelves Cretaceous cross-bedding crust crystals cycles delta deltaic deposits detrital diagenesis diagenetic dolomite dunes eolian erosion evaporites example facies flow fluid fluvial foresets formation fossils fractures Geol geologists Geology grade grain greywackes halite hydrocarbon infilled kaolinite lakes limestones London marine matrix modern North Sea occur ocean origin paleocurrent particles pelagic Petrol petroleum placer Plate pore porosity porosity and permeability Pre-Cambrian processes quartz reef reservoir rift ripples sabkha sand sandstones sea level seawater Section sedi sedimentary basins Sedimentary Environments sedimentary rocks sedimentary structures Sedimentology sediments seismic Selley sequence shales shallow shelf silica silt slope stratigraphic surface tectonic termed terrigenous tidal tion transport turbidite turbidity turbidity currents types unconformities velocity vertical volcanic weathering zone
Fréquemment cités
Page 461 - Choquette, PW, and Pray, LC (1970). Geological nomenclature and classification of porosity in sedimentary carbonates.