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Sedimentary rocks in the field : a color guide /

"Ideas and concepts in sedimentology are changing rapidly, but field work and data collection remain the basis of the science. This book is intended as a guide to the recognition and description of sedimentary rocks in the field. It aims to help students and professional geologists know what to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stow, D. A. V. (Dorrik A. V.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Burlington, MA : Elsevier Academic Press, 2005.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Overview
  • Field techniques
  • Principal characteristics of sedimentary rocks
  • Conglomerates
  • Sandstones
  • Mudrocks
  • Carbonate rocks
  • Cherts and siliceous sediments
  • Phosphorites
  • Coal and oiil
  • Evaporites
  • Ironstones
  • Soils, paleosols, and duricrusts
  • Volcaniclastic sediments
  • Interpretations and depositional environments.