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Description for Carbonate Mud-Mounds
Paperback. Mud-mounds are build-ups of biogenic carbonate sediment and are economically important as hosts of lead-zinc mineralization as well as oil and gas deposits. This book investigates the structure, origin and evolution of carbonate mud-mounds. It reviews the different mechanisms, principally microbial and detrital, of mud-mound formation. Editor(s): Monty, C. L. V.; Bosence, D. W. J.; Bridges, P. H.; Pratt, B. R. Series: International Association of Sedimentologists Series. Num Pages: 544 pages, 339 illustrations. BIC Classification: RBGB; RBGD; RBGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1326.
This is the first book to investigate the structure, origin and evolution of carbonate mud-mounds. Mud-mounds are accumulations of biogenic carbonate sediment that are common in the geological record, and economically important as they host lead zinc mineralization and oil and gas. The book reviews, for the first time, the different mechanisms of mud-mound formation and examines in detail the major changes in mud-mound type and occurrence through geological time. The major part of the book contains case studies of mud-mounds from the Palaeozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic. The coverage is global and truly international, with 32 authors from 10 countries. ... Read more
This is the first book to investigate the structure, origin and evolution of carbonate mud-mounds. Mud-mounds are accumulations of biogenic carbonate sediment that are common in the geological record, and economically important as they host lead zinc mineralization and oil and gas. The book reviews, for the first time, the different mechanisms of mud-mound formation and examines in detail the major changes in mud-mound type and occurrence through geological time. The major part of the book contains case studies of mud-mounds from the Palaeozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic. The coverage is global and truly international, with 32 authors from 10 countries. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
Series
International Association of Sedimentologists Series
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United States
ISBN
9780865429338
SKU
V9780865429338
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Ref
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About Monty
C. L. V. Monty and D. W. J. Bosence are the authors of Carbonate Mud-Mounds: Their Origin and Evolution, published by Wiley.
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