Sedimentary Petrology
eBook - ePub

Sedimentary Petrology

An Introduction to the Origin of Sedimentary Rocks

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eBook - ePub

Sedimentary Petrology

An Introduction to the Origin of Sedimentary Rocks

About this book

The earlier editions of this book have been used by successive generations of students for more than 20 years, and it is the standard text on the subject in most British universities and many others throughout the world.

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

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Preface to the third edition
  6. Preface to the second edition
  7. Preface to the first edition
  8. 1 Introduction: basic concepts and methodology
  9. 2 Siliciclastic sediments I: sandstones, conglomerates and breccias
  10. 3 Siliciclastic sediments II: mudrocks
  11. 4 Limestones
  12. 5 Evaporites
  13. 6 Sedimentary iron deposits
  14. 7 Sedimentary phosphate deposits
  15. 8 Coal, oil shale and petroleum
  16. 9 Cherts and siliceous sediments
  17. 10 Volcaniclastic sediments
  18. References
  19. Index
  20. Colour Plates