Description
Book SynopsisCarbonate rocks (limestones and dolomites) constitute a major part of the geological column and contain not only 60% of the worlda s known hydrocarbons but also host extensive mineral deposits. This book represents the first major review of carbonate sedimentology since the mid 1970a s.
Table of ContentsPreface.
Acknowledgement.
1. Carbonate Sediments and Limestones: Constituents.
2. Geological Background to Carbonate Sedimentation.
3. Modern Carbonate Environments. (Maurice Tucker).
4. Carbonate Depositional Systems I: Marine Shallow-Water and Lacustrine Carbonates.
5. Carbonate Depositional Systems II: Deeper-Water Facies of Pelagic and Resedimented Limestones.
6. Carbonate Mineralogy and Chemistry.
7. Diagenetic Processes, Products and Environments.
8. Dolomites and Dolomitization Models.
9. The Geological Record of Carbonate Rocks.
References.
Index.
