Sedimentary rocks in the field : a color guide /
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| Author / Creator: | Stow, D. A. V. (Dorrick A. V.) |
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| Imprint: | Burlington, MA : Elsevier Academic Press, 2005. |
| Description: | 320 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5666070 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Overview
- About this book
- 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
- Other techniques
- 3. Principal Characteristics of Sedimentary Rocks
- Introduction and facies concept
- Bedding and lamination
- Field photographs
- 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
- Tables: diagnostic features
- References and Key Texts
- Metric-Imperial Conversions
- Index
- Appendices
- Stratigraphic timescale
- Mapping symbols
- Grain-size comparator chart
- Sediment description checklist
- Wulff stereonet
- Lambert equal-area projection
