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Tucker, Maurice E

Sedimentary rocks in the field : a practical guide / Maurice E. Tucker - 4th ed - xi, 275 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), 18 cm - Geological field guide series . - Geological field guide series .

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction -- Tools of the Trade -- Other Tools for the Field -- Use of GPS (Global Positioning System) in Sedimentary Studies -- Safety in the Field and General Guidance for Fieldwork -- Field Techniques -- What to Look For -- The Approach -- Field Notes -- Graphic Logs -- The Logging of Cores -- Lithofacies Codes -- Collecting Specimens -- Presentation of Results -- The Way-Up of Sedimentary Strata -- Stratigraphic Practice -- Sedimentary Rock Types -- Principal Lithological Groups -- Sandstones -- Conglomerates and Breccias -- Mudrocks Limestones -- Evaporites -- Ironstones -- Cherts -- Phosphate Deposits (Phosphorites) -- Organic-Rich Deposits -- Volcaniclastic Deposits -- Sedimentary Rock Texture -- Introduction -- Sediment Grain-Size and Sorting -- Grain Morphology -- Sediment Fabric -- Textural Maturity -- Texture of Conglomerates and Breccias -- Induration and Degree of Weathering -- Colour of Sedimentary Rocks -- Sedimentary Structures and Geometry of Sedimentary Deposits -- Introduction -- Erosional Structures -- Depositional Structures -- Depositional Structures of Limestones (Including Dolomites) -- Post-Depositional Sedimentary Structures Biogenic Sedimentary Structures -- The Geometry of Sedimentary Deposits and Lateral Facies Changes -- Fossils in the Field -- Introduction -- Fossil Distribution and Occurrence -- Fossil Associations and Diversity -- Skeletal Preservation (Taphonomy) and Diagenesis -- Palaeocurrent Analysis -- Introduction -- Palaeocurrent Measurements -- Structures for Palaeocurrent Measurement -- Presentation of Results and Calculation of Vector Means -- Interpretation of the Palaeocurrent Pattern -- What Next? Facies Identification and Sequence Analysis -- Introduction -- Facies Analysis -- Facies, Facies Models and Depositional Environments -- Cycle Stratigraphy and Sequence Stratigraphy Machine generated contents note: 1. 1.1. 1.2. 1.3. 1.4. 2. 2.1. 2.2. 2.3. 2.4. 2.5. 2.6. 2.7. 2.8. 2.9. 2.10. 3. 3.1. 3.2. 3.3. 3.4. 3.5. 3.6. 3.7. 3.8. 3.9. 3.10. 3.11. 4. 4.1. 4.2. 4.3. 4.4. 4.5. 4.6. 4.7. 4.8. 5. 5.1. 5.2. 5.3. 5.4. 5.5. 5.6. 5.7. 6. 6.1. 6.2. 6.3. 6.4. 7. 7.1. 7.2. 7.3. 7.4. 7.5. 8. 8.1. 8.2. 8.3. 8.4.

ISBN: 9780470689165 0470689161

LCCN: 2010033307

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Sedimentary rocks
Petrology--Fieldwork

LC Class. No.: QE471 / .T84 2011

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