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A Colour Atlas of Carbonate Sediments and Rocks under the Microscope

By W. S. MacKenzie , A. E. Adams

Book information

Publisher
Manson Publishing Ltd.
Year
1999
ISBN
1874545839, 9781874545835
Google Books ID
tG0_RpNSSGcC
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
102 MB (106625634 bytes)
Pages
180\182
Topic
Geology
DPI
200
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2015-03-25 08:13:48

Description

More than half of the world's petroleum is found in carbonate rocks, notably in the Middle East, the former USSR, and North America. These rocks show a bewildering variety of grains and textures, due to the wealth of different fossil organisms which contribute to their sedimentation and to the many diagenetic processes which modify textures and obscure the original deposits and fabric. Careful petrographic study with a polarizing microscope is a key element for studying carbonate sediments, as a comparison to field or core logging, and as a precursor to geochemical analysis. This atlas illustrates in full color numerous features of carbonate rocks and sediments, coverage far more extensive than in any general textbook. It is designed as a practical guide for identifying grain types and textures in carbonates and will appeal alike to undergraduate and graduate students and to professionals in both research and industrial laboratories.

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