
Sedimentary Petrology
An Introduction to the Origin of Sedimentary Rocks
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
The study of sediments and sedimentary rocks continues to be a core topic in the Earth Sciences and this book aims to provide a concise account of their composition, mineralogy, textures, structures, diagenesis and depositional environments.
This latest edition is noteworthy for the inclusion of 16 plates with 54 colour photomicrographs of sedimentary rocks in thin-section. These bring sediments to life and show their beauty and colorful appearance down the microscope; they will aid the student enormously in laboratory petrographic work. The text has been revised where necessary and the reference and further reading lists brought up-to-date. New tables have been included to help undergraduates with rock and thin-section description and interpretation.
- New 16-page colour section will mean students do not need to buy Longman Atlas
- All illustrations redrawn to higher standard
- Complete revision of text - new material on sedimentary geochemistry, etc
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Preface to the third edition
- Preface to the second edition
- Preface to the first edition
- 1 Introduction: basic concepts and methodology
- 2 Siliciclastic sediments I: sandstones, conglomerates and breccias
- 3 Siliciclastic sediments II: mudrocks
- 4 Limestones
- 5 Evaporites
- 6 Sedimentary iron deposits
- 7 Sedimentary phosphate deposits
- 8 Coal, oil shale and petroleum
- 9 Cherts and siliceous sediments
- 10 Volcaniclastic sediments
- References
- Index
- Colour Plates