Sedimentary rocks in the field : a color guide /

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Autor principal: Stow, Dorrik A. V.
Formato: Desconocido
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: London : Elsevier, 2005.
Edición:1st ed.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. OVERVIEW
  • Classification of sedimentary rocks
  • Economic studies
  • 2. FIELD TECHNIQUES. Safety in the field
  • Field equipment
  • General approach and field notebook
  • Basic measurements and data records
  • Field sketches and logs
  • Paleocurrent and paleoslope analysis
  • Stratigraphic procedure and way-up criteria 25 Other techniques
  • 3. PRINCIPAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. Introduction and facies concept
  • Bedding and lamination
  • Field photographs 31 Erosional structures
  • Field photographs
  • Depositional structures
  • Field photographs: parallel lamination and stratification
  • Field photographs: wavy and lenticular lamination, cross-lamination and stratification
  • Field photographs: graded beds and structural sequences
  • Post-depositional deformation and dewatering structures
  • Field photographs: slides, slumps, and chaotica
  • Field photographs: deformed bedding and shale clasts
  • Field photographs: water escape and desiccation structures
  • Biogenic sedimentary structures
  • Field photographs: bioturbation and biogenic structures
  • Chemogenic sedimentary structures
  • Field photographs
  • Sediment texture and fabric
  • Sediment composition
  • Hand-lens photographs
  • Fossils
  • Sediment colour
  • 4. CONGLOMERATES.
  • Definition and range of types
  • Principal sedimentary characteristics
  • Classification of conglomerates
  • Occurrence
  • Field photographs
  • 5. SANDSTONES. Definition and range of types
  • Principal sedimentary characteristics
  • Classification of sandstones
  • Occurrence
  • Field photographs
  • 6. MUDROCKS. Definition and range of types
  • Principal sedimentary characteristics
  • Classification of mudrocks
  • Occurrence
  • Field photographs
  • 7. CARBONATE ROCKS. Definition and range of types
  • Principal sedimentary characteristics
  • Classification of carbonate rocks
  • Principal characteristics of dolomites
  • Occurrence
  • Field photographs
  • 8. CHERTS AND SILICEOUS SEDIMENTS. Definition and range of types
  • Principal sedimentary characteristics
  • Occurrence
  • Field photographs
  • 9. PHOSPHORITES. Definition and range of types
  • Principal sedimentary characteristics
  • Occurrence
  • Field photographs
  • 10. COAL AND OIL.
  • Definition and range of types
  • Principal sedimentary characteristics
  • Occurrence
  • Field photographs
  • 11. EVAPORITES. Definition and range of types
  • Principal sedimentary characteristics
  • Occurrence
  • Field photographs
  • 12. IRONSTONES. Definition and range of types
  • Principal sedimentary characteristics
  • Occurrence
  • Field photographs
  • 13. SOILS, PALEOSOLS, AND DURICRUSTS. Definition and range of types
  • Principal sedimentary characteristics
  • Field photographs
  • 14. VOLCANICLASTIC SEDIMENTS. Definition and range of types
  • Principal sedimentary characteristics
  • Occurrence
  • Field photographs
  • 15. INTERPRETATIONS AND DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS. Building blocks
  • Facies characteristics and models
  • Facies sequences and cycles
  • Lateral trends and geometry
  • Architectural elements and facies associations
  • Sequence stratigraphy and bounding surfaces
  • Field photographs: cycles, geometry, and unconformities
  • Sediment interpretation in cores
  • Core photographs
  • Controls, rates, and preservation
  • Depositional environments
  • Field photographs: alluvial-fluvial environments
  • Field photographs: desert-eolian environments
  • Field photographs: glacial environments
  • Field photographs: deltaic environments
  • Field photographs: volcaniclastic environments
  • Field photographs: shallow marine clastic environments
  • Field photographs: marine evaporites and carbonates
  • Field photographs: deep marine environments.