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Evaporites:Sediments, Resources and Hydrocarbons

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Warren, John K. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
Edición:1st ed. 2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Interpreting evaporite texture
  • Depositional chemistry and hydrology
  • Sabkhas, saline mudflats and pans
  • Subaqueous salts: salinas and perennial lakes
  • Ancient basins and stratigraphic evolution
  • Salt tectonics
  • Karst, breccia, nodules and cement: Pointers to vanished evaporites
  • Burial hydrology and chemistry
  • Halotolerant life in feast or famine (a source of hydrocarbons and a fixer of metals)
  • Oil and gas associations
  • Evaporites as exploited mineral resources
  • Solution mining and cavern use.