Evaporites: Sediments, Resources and Hydrocarbons

Description

The monograph offers a comprehensive discussion of the role of evaporites in hydrocarbon generation and trapping. For the first time, diverse knowledge on exploitable salts has been assembled and organized, along with a summary of evaporate karst hazards as well as a summary of exploitative methods and pitfalls in dealing with evaporites in conventional and solution mining. Written by a field specialist in research and exploration, the book presents a comprehensive synthesis of the low temperature realm of evaporite evolution. It is aimed for earth science professionals, sedimentologists, oil and gas explorers, mining geologists, as well as environmental geologists. Interpreting evaporite texture....Pages 1-57 Depositional chemistry and hydrology....Pages 59-138 Sabkhas, saline mudflats and pans....Pages 139-220 Subaqueous salts: salinas and perennial lakes....Pages 221-285 Ancient basins and stratigraphic evolution....Pages 287-373 Salt tectonics....Pages 375-453 Karst, breccia, nodules and cement: Pointers to vanished evaporites....Pages 455-566 Burial hydrology and chemistry....Pages 567-615 Halotolerant life in feast or famine (a source of hydrocarbons and a fixer of metals)....Pages 617-703 Oil and gas associations....Pages 705-789 Evaporites as exploited mineral resources....Pages 791-891 Solution mining and cavern use....Pages 893-943