[PDF] Supplement To An Introduction To Sedimentary Petrography eBook

Author : Maurice E. Tucker
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 14,62 MB
Release : 2013-05-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 1118698908

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The earlier editions of this book have been used by successivegenerations of students for more than 20 years, and it is thestandard text on the subject in most British universities and manyothers throughout the world. The study of sediments and sedimentary rocks continues to be acore topic in the Earth Sciences and this book aims to provide aconcise account of their composition, mineralogy, textures,structures, diagenesis and depositional environments. This latest edition is noteworthy for the inclusion of 16 plateswith 54 colour photomicrographs of sedimentary rocks inthin-section. These bring sediments to life and show their beautyand colorful appearance down the microscope; they will aid thestudent enormously in laboratory petrographic work. The text hasbeen revised where necessary and the reference and further readinglists brought up-to-date. New tables have been included to helpundergraduates with rock and thin-section description andinterpretation. New 16-page colour section will mean students do not need tobuy Longman Atlas All illustrations redrawn to higher standard Complete revision of text - new material on sedimentarygeochemistry, etc

Author : Sam Boggs, Jr
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 601 pages
File Size : 23,17 MB
Release : 2009-02-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 1139477145

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This textbook outlines the physical, chemical, and biologic properties of the major sedimentary rocks, as revealed by petrographic microscopy, geochemical techniques, and field study. It covers the mineralogy, chemistry, textures, and sedimentary structures that characterise sedimentary rocks, and relates these features to the depositional origin of the rocks and their subsequent alteration by diagenetic processes during burial. In addition to detailed sections on siliciclastic and carbonate rocks, it also discusses evaporites, cherts, iron-rich sedimentary rocks, phosphorites, and carbonaceous sedimentary rocks such as oil shales. This second edition maintains the comprehensive treatment of sedimentary petrography and petrology provided in the first edition, and has been updated with new concepts and cutting-edge techniques like cathodoluminescence imaging of sedimentary rocks and backscattered electron microscopy. It is ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in sedimentary petrology, and is a key reference for researchers and professional petroleum geoscientists.

Author : Henry B. Milner
Publisher :
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 16,98 MB
Release : 2015-08-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781332516889

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Excerpt from An Introduction to Sedimentary Petrography: With Special Reference to Loose Detrital Deposits and Their Correlation by Petrographic Methods This book has been designed to meet the requirements of all those engaged in the study of microscopical examination of sediments - more especially incoherent detrital deposits - whether for academic or economic purpose. The plan adopted is much the same as that forming the basis of a course of lectures in Sedimentary Petrography (as applied to Oil Technology) given by the author at the Royal School of Mines, and as many of the methods involved are new, not in principle but in application, it is thought that a useful purpose may be served by presenting them in a concise form to a larger audience. The application of Sedimentary Petrography to certain branches of pure and economic geology, the gradual evolution of the higher technique involved, and the parts played by British geologists in laying the foundations of the subject, are sufficiently discussed in the Introduction which follows, rendering further remarks in connexion therewith unnecessary. At the outset, however, it is desirable to emphasise the fact that, as with other branches of natural science and their technical applications, no degree of finality can be said to have been achieved, and an enormous amount of research, both in the field and in the laboratory, awaits prosecution. Petrographic methods as means of correlating loose detrital sediments (with which this volume is largely concerned), constitute a factor of the greatest possible import in practical geology. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.