Calcretes / / edited by V. Paul Wright and Maurice E. Tucker |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] : , : Blackwell Scientific Publications, , 1991 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (362 p.) |
Disciplina |
552.5
552/.5 |
Collana | Reprint Series Volume 2 of the International Association of Sedimentologists |
Soggetto topico | Calcretes |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-17164-X
9786612171642 1-4443-0449-6 1-4443-0450-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
CALCRETES; Contents; Preface; Calcretes: an introduction; Quaternary Calcretes; Calcretes of Olduvai Gorge and the Ndolanya Beds of northern Tanzania; Pellets, ooids, sepiolite and silica in three calcretes of the southwestern United States; Quaternary pedogenic calcretes from the Kalahari (southern Africa): mineralogy, genesis and diagenesis; Biological Activity and Calcrete Fabrics; Caliche profile formation, Saldanha Bay (South Africa); Biolithogenesis of Microcodium: elucidation; Rhizoliths in terrestrial carbonates: classification, recognition, genesis and significance
Calcrete profiles in the Eyam Limestone (Carboniferous) of Derbyshire: petrology and regional significanceA rendzina from the Lower Carboniferous of South Wales [pages 159-167 only plus references]; The role of fungal biomineralization in the formation of Early Carboniferous soil fabrics; Petrographic and geochemical analysis of caliche profiles in a Bahamian Pleistocene dune; Biological Activity and Laminar Calcretes; Origin of subaerial Holocene calcareous crusts: role of algae, fungi and sparmicritisation Calcification in a coccoid cyanobacterium associated with the formation of desert stromatolitesBiogenic laminar calcretes: evidence of calcified root-mat horizons in paleosols; Aspects of Calcrete Petrography; Calcrete conglomerate, case-hardened conglomerate and cornstone-a comparative account of pedogenic and non-pedogenic carbonates from the continental Siwalik Group, Punjab, India; Siliciclastic grain breakage and displacement due to carbonate crystal growth: an example from the Lueders Formation (Permian) of north-central Texas, USA Near-surface shrinkage and carbonate replacement processes, Arran Cornstone Formation, ScotlandThe application of cathodoluminescence to interpreting the diagenesis of an ancient calcrete profile; Calcretes and Palustrine Carbonates; Lacustrine carbonates and pedogenesis: sedimentology and origin of palustrine deposits from the Early Cretaceous Rupelo Formation, W Cameros Basin, N Spain; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910143135503321 |
Oxford, [England] : , : Blackwell Scientific Publications, , 1991 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Calcretes / / edited by V. Paul Wright and Maurice E. Tucker |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] : , : Blackwell Scientific Publications, , 1991 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (362 p.) |
Disciplina |
552.5
552/.5 |
Collana | Reprint Series Volume 2 of the International Association of Sedimentologists |
Soggetto topico | Calcretes |
ISBN |
1-282-17164-X
9786612171642 1-4443-0449-6 1-4443-0450-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
CALCRETES; Contents; Preface; Calcretes: an introduction; Quaternary Calcretes; Calcretes of Olduvai Gorge and the Ndolanya Beds of northern Tanzania; Pellets, ooids, sepiolite and silica in three calcretes of the southwestern United States; Quaternary pedogenic calcretes from the Kalahari (southern Africa): mineralogy, genesis and diagenesis; Biological Activity and Calcrete Fabrics; Caliche profile formation, Saldanha Bay (South Africa); Biolithogenesis of Microcodium: elucidation; Rhizoliths in terrestrial carbonates: classification, recognition, genesis and significance
Calcrete profiles in the Eyam Limestone (Carboniferous) of Derbyshire: petrology and regional significanceA rendzina from the Lower Carboniferous of South Wales [pages 159-167 only plus references]; The role of fungal biomineralization in the formation of Early Carboniferous soil fabrics; Petrographic and geochemical analysis of caliche profiles in a Bahamian Pleistocene dune; Biological Activity and Laminar Calcretes; Origin of subaerial Holocene calcareous crusts: role of algae, fungi and sparmicritisation Calcification in a coccoid cyanobacterium associated with the formation of desert stromatolitesBiogenic laminar calcretes: evidence of calcified root-mat horizons in paleosols; Aspects of Calcrete Petrography; Calcrete conglomerate, case-hardened conglomerate and cornstone-a comparative account of pedogenic and non-pedogenic carbonates from the continental Siwalik Group, Punjab, India; Siliciclastic grain breakage and displacement due to carbonate crystal growth: an example from the Lueders Formation (Permian) of north-central Texas, USA Near-surface shrinkage and carbonate replacement processes, Arran Cornstone Formation, ScotlandThe application of cathodoluminescence to interpreting the diagenesis of an ancient calcrete profile; Calcretes and Palustrine Carbonates; Lacustrine carbonates and pedogenesis: sedimentology and origin of palustrine deposits from the Early Cretaceous Rupelo Formation, W Cameros Basin, N Spain; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996202016003316 |
Oxford, [England] : , : Blackwell Scientific Publications, , 1991 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
|
Calcretes / / edited by V. Paul Wright and Maurice E. Tucker |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] : , : Blackwell Scientific Publications, , 1991 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (362 p.) |
Disciplina |
552.5
552/.5 |
Collana | Reprint Series Volume 2 of the International Association of Sedimentologists |
Soggetto topico | Calcretes |
ISBN |
1-282-17164-X
9786612171642 1-4443-0449-6 1-4443-0450-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
CALCRETES; Contents; Preface; Calcretes: an introduction; Quaternary Calcretes; Calcretes of Olduvai Gorge and the Ndolanya Beds of northern Tanzania; Pellets, ooids, sepiolite and silica in three calcretes of the southwestern United States; Quaternary pedogenic calcretes from the Kalahari (southern Africa): mineralogy, genesis and diagenesis; Biological Activity and Calcrete Fabrics; Caliche profile formation, Saldanha Bay (South Africa); Biolithogenesis of Microcodium: elucidation; Rhizoliths in terrestrial carbonates: classification, recognition, genesis and significance
Calcrete profiles in the Eyam Limestone (Carboniferous) of Derbyshire: petrology and regional significanceA rendzina from the Lower Carboniferous of South Wales [pages 159-167 only plus references]; The role of fungal biomineralization in the formation of Early Carboniferous soil fabrics; Petrographic and geochemical analysis of caliche profiles in a Bahamian Pleistocene dune; Biological Activity and Laminar Calcretes; Origin of subaerial Holocene calcareous crusts: role of algae, fungi and sparmicritisation Calcification in a coccoid cyanobacterium associated with the formation of desert stromatolitesBiogenic laminar calcretes: evidence of calcified root-mat horizons in paleosols; Aspects of Calcrete Petrography; Calcrete conglomerate, case-hardened conglomerate and cornstone-a comparative account of pedogenic and non-pedogenic carbonates from the continental Siwalik Group, Punjab, India; Siliciclastic grain breakage and displacement due to carbonate crystal growth: an example from the Lueders Formation (Permian) of north-central Texas, USA Near-surface shrinkage and carbonate replacement processes, Arran Cornstone Formation, ScotlandThe application of cathodoluminescence to interpreting the diagenesis of an ancient calcrete profile; Calcretes and Palustrine Carbonates; Lacustrine carbonates and pedogenesis: sedimentology and origin of palustrine deposits from the Early Cretaceous Rupelo Formation, W Cameros Basin, N Spain; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910829985103321 |
Oxford, [England] : , : Blackwell Scientific Publications, , 1991 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Carbonate sedimentology [[electronic resource] /] / Maurice E. Tucker, V. Paul Wright ; with a chapter by J.A.D. Dickson |
Autore | Tucker Maurice E |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford [England] ; ; Boston, : Blackwell Scientific Publications |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (498 p.) |
Disciplina |
552.5
552/.58 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
DicksonJ. A. D
WrightV. Paul <1953-> |
Soggetto topico |
Carbonate rocks
Sedimentation and deposition |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-37180-0
9786612371806 1-4443-1417-3 1-4443-1416-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Carbonate Sedimentology; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1: Carbonate sediments and limestones: constituents; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 NON-SKELETAL GRAINS; 1.2.1 Coated grains; 1.2.2 Peloids; 1.2.3 Grain aggregates; 1.2.4 Clasts; 1.3 SKELETAL GRAINS; 1.4 MATRIX; 1.5 GRANULOMETRIC AND MORPHOMETRIC PROPERTIES; 1.6 GRAIN ORIENTATION AND PACKING; 1.7 LIMESTONE CLASSIFICATION; 1.8 DATA COLLECTION AND PROCESSING; 1.9 POROSITY; 1.9.1 Porosity types; 2: Geological background to carbonate sedimentation; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 MAJOR CONTROLS ON CARBONATE SEDIMENTATION
2.2.1 Organic productivity and sedimentation rates2.3 CARBONATE FACIES AND FACIES SEQUENCES; 2.3.1 Depositional processes and facies sequences in carbonate rocks; 2.4 CARBONATE PLATFORMS; 2.5 CARBONATE RIMMED SHELVES; 2.5.1 Modem rimmed shelves; 2.5.2 Rimmed shelves and sea-level changes; 2.5.3 Rimmed shelf types; 2.5.4 Ancient carbonate rimmed shelves; 2.6 CARBONATE RAMPS; 2.6.1 Carbonate ramp facies; 2.6.2 Carbonate ramp types; 2.6.3 Ancient carbonate ramps; 2.7 EPEIRIC CARBONATE PLATFORMS; 2.8 ISOLATED CARBONATE PLATFORMS; 2.8.1 Modern isolated platforms; 2.8.2 Ancient isolated platforms 2.9 DROWNED CARBONATE PLATFORMS2.10 CARBONATE CYCLES; 2.10.1 Shallowing-upward carbonate cycles; 2.10.2 Carbonate-evaporite and carbonate-clastic cycles; 2.10.3 Causes of carbonate cyclicity: orbital forcing or not?; 2.11 TECTONIC CONTEXT OF CARBONATE PLATFORMS; 3: Modern carbonate environments; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 THE BAHAMA PLATFORM; 3.2.1 Subtidal carbonate sediments of the Bahamas; 3.2.2 Intertidal-supratidal carbonate sediments of the Bahamas; 3.3 RECENT CARBONATES OF THE FLORIDA SHELF; 3.3.1 Subtidal carbonate sediments of the Florida Shelf 3.3.2 Intertidal and supratidal carbonates of the inner Florida Shelf3.4 CARBONATE SEDIMENTS OF THE TRUCIAL COAST; 3.4.1 Shoals, barriers and reefs of the inner ramp; 3.4.2 Lagoons; 3.4.3 Tidal flats; 3.4.4 Supratidal flats and sabkhas; 4: Carbonate depositional systems I: marine shallow-water and lacustrine carbonates; 4.1 COASTAL AND OFFSHORE ENVIRONMENTS; 4.1.1 Introduction; 4.1.2 Modem shoreline carbonate sand systems; 4.1.3 Environments and facies of shoreline sands; 4.1.4 Beach-barrier island-lagoonal sequences; 4.1.5 Beach ridge-strandplain sequences; 4.1.6 Ancient shoreline carbonates 4.2 SHELF-MARGIN SAND BODIES4.2.1 Modern shelf-margin sands; 4.2.2 Marine sand belt to sand flat: Joulter's Cay, Bahamas; 4.2.3 Ancient shelf-margin grainstones; 4.3 PERITIDAL CARBONATES; 4.3.1 Introduction; 4.3.2 Peritidal environments; 4.3.3 Sedimentary processes and products; 4.3.4 Controls on the deposition of peritidal carbonates; 4.3.5 Tidal channel model; 4.3.6 Multiple sequences; 4.3.7 Future research; 4.4 LACUSTRINE CARBONATES; 4.4.1 Introduction; 4.4.2 General settings; 4.4.3 Hydrology; 4.4.4 Environments; 4.4.5 Sedimentary and biological processes; 4.4.6 Sedimentary features 4.4.7 Facies models |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910139785803321 |
Tucker Maurice E | ||
Oxford [England] ; ; Boston, : Blackwell Scientific Publications | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Carbonate sedimentology [[electronic resource] /] / Maurice E. Tucker, V. Paul Wright ; with a chapter by J.A.D. Dickson |
Autore | Tucker Maurice E |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford [England] ; ; Boston, : Blackwell Scientific Publications |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (498 p.) |
Disciplina |
552.5
552/.58 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
DicksonJ. A. D
WrightV. Paul <1953-> |
Soggetto topico |
Carbonate rocks
Sedimentation and deposition |
ISBN |
1-282-37180-0
9786612371806 1-4443-1417-3 1-4443-1416-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Carbonate Sedimentology; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1: Carbonate sediments and limestones: constituents; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 NON-SKELETAL GRAINS; 1.2.1 Coated grains; 1.2.2 Peloids; 1.2.3 Grain aggregates; 1.2.4 Clasts; 1.3 SKELETAL GRAINS; 1.4 MATRIX; 1.5 GRANULOMETRIC AND MORPHOMETRIC PROPERTIES; 1.6 GRAIN ORIENTATION AND PACKING; 1.7 LIMESTONE CLASSIFICATION; 1.8 DATA COLLECTION AND PROCESSING; 1.9 POROSITY; 1.9.1 Porosity types; 2: Geological background to carbonate sedimentation; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 MAJOR CONTROLS ON CARBONATE SEDIMENTATION
2.2.1 Organic productivity and sedimentation rates2.3 CARBONATE FACIES AND FACIES SEQUENCES; 2.3.1 Depositional processes and facies sequences in carbonate rocks; 2.4 CARBONATE PLATFORMS; 2.5 CARBONATE RIMMED SHELVES; 2.5.1 Modem rimmed shelves; 2.5.2 Rimmed shelves and sea-level changes; 2.5.3 Rimmed shelf types; 2.5.4 Ancient carbonate rimmed shelves; 2.6 CARBONATE RAMPS; 2.6.1 Carbonate ramp facies; 2.6.2 Carbonate ramp types; 2.6.3 Ancient carbonate ramps; 2.7 EPEIRIC CARBONATE PLATFORMS; 2.8 ISOLATED CARBONATE PLATFORMS; 2.8.1 Modern isolated platforms; 2.8.2 Ancient isolated platforms 2.9 DROWNED CARBONATE PLATFORMS2.10 CARBONATE CYCLES; 2.10.1 Shallowing-upward carbonate cycles; 2.10.2 Carbonate-evaporite and carbonate-clastic cycles; 2.10.3 Causes of carbonate cyclicity: orbital forcing or not?; 2.11 TECTONIC CONTEXT OF CARBONATE PLATFORMS; 3: Modern carbonate environments; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 THE BAHAMA PLATFORM; 3.2.1 Subtidal carbonate sediments of the Bahamas; 3.2.2 Intertidal-supratidal carbonate sediments of the Bahamas; 3.3 RECENT CARBONATES OF THE FLORIDA SHELF; 3.3.1 Subtidal carbonate sediments of the Florida Shelf 3.3.2 Intertidal and supratidal carbonates of the inner Florida Shelf3.4 CARBONATE SEDIMENTS OF THE TRUCIAL COAST; 3.4.1 Shoals, barriers and reefs of the inner ramp; 3.4.2 Lagoons; 3.4.3 Tidal flats; 3.4.4 Supratidal flats and sabkhas; 4: Carbonate depositional systems I: marine shallow-water and lacustrine carbonates; 4.1 COASTAL AND OFFSHORE ENVIRONMENTS; 4.1.1 Introduction; 4.1.2 Modem shoreline carbonate sand systems; 4.1.3 Environments and facies of shoreline sands; 4.1.4 Beach-barrier island-lagoonal sequences; 4.1.5 Beach ridge-strandplain sequences; 4.1.6 Ancient shoreline carbonates 4.2 SHELF-MARGIN SAND BODIES4.2.1 Modern shelf-margin sands; 4.2.2 Marine sand belt to sand flat: Joulter's Cay, Bahamas; 4.2.3 Ancient shelf-margin grainstones; 4.3 PERITIDAL CARBONATES; 4.3.1 Introduction; 4.3.2 Peritidal environments; 4.3.3 Sedimentary processes and products; 4.3.4 Controls on the deposition of peritidal carbonates; 4.3.5 Tidal channel model; 4.3.6 Multiple sequences; 4.3.7 Future research; 4.4 LACUSTRINE CARBONATES; 4.4.1 Introduction; 4.4.2 General settings; 4.4.3 Hydrology; 4.4.4 Environments; 4.4.5 Sedimentary and biological processes; 4.4.6 Sedimentary features 4.4.7 Facies models |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996200048303316 |
Tucker Maurice E | ||
Oxford [England] ; ; Boston, : Blackwell Scientific Publications | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
|
Carbonate sedimentology / / Maurice E. Tucker, V. Paul Wright ; with a chapter by J.A.D. Dickson |
Autore | Tucker Maurice E |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford [England] ; ; Boston, : Blackwell Scientific Publications |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (498 p.) |
Disciplina | 552/.58 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
DicksonJ. A. D
WrightV. Paul <1953-> |
Soggetto topico |
Carbonate rocks
Sedimentation and deposition |
ISBN |
1-282-37180-0
9786612371806 1-4443-1417-3 1-4443-1416-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Carbonate Sedimentology; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1: Carbonate sediments and limestones: constituents; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 NON-SKELETAL GRAINS; 1.2.1 Coated grains; 1.2.2 Peloids; 1.2.3 Grain aggregates; 1.2.4 Clasts; 1.3 SKELETAL GRAINS; 1.4 MATRIX; 1.5 GRANULOMETRIC AND MORPHOMETRIC PROPERTIES; 1.6 GRAIN ORIENTATION AND PACKING; 1.7 LIMESTONE CLASSIFICATION; 1.8 DATA COLLECTION AND PROCESSING; 1.9 POROSITY; 1.9.1 Porosity types; 2: Geological background to carbonate sedimentation; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 MAJOR CONTROLS ON CARBONATE SEDIMENTATION
2.2.1 Organic productivity and sedimentation rates2.3 CARBONATE FACIES AND FACIES SEQUENCES; 2.3.1 Depositional processes and facies sequences in carbonate rocks; 2.4 CARBONATE PLATFORMS; 2.5 CARBONATE RIMMED SHELVES; 2.5.1 Modem rimmed shelves; 2.5.2 Rimmed shelves and sea-level changes; 2.5.3 Rimmed shelf types; 2.5.4 Ancient carbonate rimmed shelves; 2.6 CARBONATE RAMPS; 2.6.1 Carbonate ramp facies; 2.6.2 Carbonate ramp types; 2.6.3 Ancient carbonate ramps; 2.7 EPEIRIC CARBONATE PLATFORMS; 2.8 ISOLATED CARBONATE PLATFORMS; 2.8.1 Modern isolated platforms; 2.8.2 Ancient isolated platforms 2.9 DROWNED CARBONATE PLATFORMS2.10 CARBONATE CYCLES; 2.10.1 Shallowing-upward carbonate cycles; 2.10.2 Carbonate-evaporite and carbonate-clastic cycles; 2.10.3 Causes of carbonate cyclicity: orbital forcing or not?; 2.11 TECTONIC CONTEXT OF CARBONATE PLATFORMS; 3: Modern carbonate environments; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 THE BAHAMA PLATFORM; 3.2.1 Subtidal carbonate sediments of the Bahamas; 3.2.2 Intertidal-supratidal carbonate sediments of the Bahamas; 3.3 RECENT CARBONATES OF THE FLORIDA SHELF; 3.3.1 Subtidal carbonate sediments of the Florida Shelf 3.3.2 Intertidal and supratidal carbonates of the inner Florida Shelf3.4 CARBONATE SEDIMENTS OF THE TRUCIAL COAST; 3.4.1 Shoals, barriers and reefs of the inner ramp; 3.4.2 Lagoons; 3.4.3 Tidal flats; 3.4.4 Supratidal flats and sabkhas; 4: Carbonate depositional systems I: marine shallow-water and lacustrine carbonates; 4.1 COASTAL AND OFFSHORE ENVIRONMENTS; 4.1.1 Introduction; 4.1.2 Modem shoreline carbonate sand systems; 4.1.3 Environments and facies of shoreline sands; 4.1.4 Beach-barrier island-lagoonal sequences; 4.1.5 Beach ridge-strandplain sequences; 4.1.6 Ancient shoreline carbonates 4.2 SHELF-MARGIN SAND BODIES4.2.1 Modern shelf-margin sands; 4.2.2 Marine sand belt to sand flat: Joulter's Cay, Bahamas; 4.2.3 Ancient shelf-margin grainstones; 4.3 PERITIDAL CARBONATES; 4.3.1 Introduction; 4.3.2 Peritidal environments; 4.3.3 Sedimentary processes and products; 4.3.4 Controls on the deposition of peritidal carbonates; 4.3.5 Tidal channel model; 4.3.6 Multiple sequences; 4.3.7 Future research; 4.4 LACUSTRINE CARBONATES; 4.4.1 Introduction; 4.4.2 General settings; 4.4.3 Hydrology; 4.4.4 Environments; 4.4.5 Sedimentary and biological processes; 4.4.6 Sedimentary features 4.4.7 Facies models |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910877275603321 |
Tucker Maurice E | ||
Oxford [England] ; ; Boston, : Blackwell Scientific Publications | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|