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Petrology of Sedimentary Rocks
Jr Sam Boggs
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Description for Petrology of Sedimentary Rocks
hardcover. Advanced textbook outlining the physical, chemical, and biological properties of sedimentary rocks through petrographic microscopy, geochemical techniques, and field study. Num Pages: 607 pages, 167 b/w illus. 53 tables. BIC Classification: RBGG; RBGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 183 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1396.
This textbook outlines the physical, chemical, and biologic properties of the major sedimentary rocks, as revealed by petrographic microscopy, geochemical techniques, and field study. It covers the mineralogy, chemistry, textures, and sedimentary structures that characterise sedimentary rocks, and relates these features to the depositional origin of the rocks and their subsequent alteration by diagenetic processes during burial. In addition to detailed sections on siliciclastic and carbonate rocks, it also discusses evaporites, cherts, iron-rich sedimentary rocks, phosphorites, and carbonaceous sedimentary rocks such as oil shales. This second edition maintains the comprehensive treatment of sedimentary petrography and petrology provided in the first ... Read more
This textbook outlines the physical, chemical, and biologic properties of the major sedimentary rocks, as revealed by petrographic microscopy, geochemical techniques, and field study. It covers the mineralogy, chemistry, textures, and sedimentary structures that characterise sedimentary rocks, and relates these features to the depositional origin of the rocks and their subsequent alteration by diagenetic processes during burial. In addition to detailed sections on siliciclastic and carbonate rocks, it also discusses evaporites, cherts, iron-rich sedimentary rocks, phosphorites, and carbonaceous sedimentary rocks such as oil shales. This second edition maintains the comprehensive treatment of sedimentary petrography and petrology provided in the first ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
610
Condition
New
Number of Pages
607
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521897167
SKU
V9780521897167
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Ref
99-1
About Jr Sam Boggs
Sam Boggs Jr received his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado and worked in the petroleum industry for a number of years before joining the University of Oregon, where he taught sedimentology and related subjects for more than 30 years, and where he continues his research in sedimentary petrology as a professor emeritus. He has also worked part-time as ... Read more
Reviews for Petrology of Sedimentary Rocks
'… well written and logically structured … should be an essential purchase for libraries in all higher education institutions offering geology courses, and for researchers and industry professionals with practical interests in sedimentary petrology.' Geoscientist 'The book provides a well balanced text in every sense … Line drawings and photos are of good quality and the links between the various ... Read more