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Sand and Sandstone
Pettijohn, F. J.; Potter, Paul E.; Siever, Raymond
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Paperback. Num Pages: 553 pages, biography. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1082.
The first edition appeared fourteen years ago. Since then there have been significant advances in our science that warrant an updating and revision of Sand and Sandstone. The main framework of the first edition has been retained so that the reader can begin with the mineralogy and textural properties of sands and sandstones, progress through their organization and classification and their study as a body of rock, to consideration of their origin-prove nance, transportation, deposition, and lithification-and finally to their place in the stratigraphic column and the basin. The last decade has seen the rise of facies analysis based on ... Read more
The first edition appeared fourteen years ago. Since then there have been significant advances in our science that warrant an updating and revision of Sand and Sandstone. The main framework of the first edition has been retained so that the reader can begin with the mineralogy and textural properties of sands and sandstones, progress through their organization and classification and their study as a body of rock, to consideration of their origin-prove nance, transportation, deposition, and lithification-and finally to their place in the stratigraphic column and the basin. The last decade has seen the rise of facies analysis based on ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
553
Condition
New
Number of Pages
553
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9780387963501
SKU
V9780387963501
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