Paul E. Potter, J. B. Maynard, Pedro J. Depetris

Mud and Mudstones (eBook, PDF)

Introduction and Overview

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Clear writing and analysis of the broad spectrum of processes that produce shale are coupled with well-captioned 150 illustrations, 40 tables, boxed technical details, glossary and appendices.

Recounts the step-by-step evolution and stages of shal, enabling readers to master the basics and to dig yet deeper into their origin, practical implications and relationship to earth history.

Background information appears in appendices (Clay Mineralogy, Isotopes, Petrology, etc.); technicial details in high-lighted boxes, and definitions of 300+ terms in the Glossary.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Seitenzahl: 297
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. August 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783540270829
• Artikelnr.: 44122404

Autorenporträt

Mud and mudstone, the most abundant sedimentary rock, has been studied in many ways in different disciplines, but this book provides the first elementary overview of the field that is intended for those in related fields seeking an introduction and reference. Clear writing and analysis of the broad spectrum of processes that produce shale are coupled with well-captioned 150 illustrations, 40 tables, boxed technical details, glossary and appendices. The book enables readers to master the basics of shales and to dig yet deeper into their origin, practical implications and relationship to earth history. Key topics include the origin, transport of mud, sites of deposition, impact of bottom oxygen affects properties, shale at basin level, and uses. This concise overview will interest professionals, professors, and graduate students in geology, paleontology, petroleum geology and engineering, civil and environmental engineering, and city planners and architects.

Inhaltsangabe

Overview.- Production of Mud and Silt.- Transport and Deposition.- Role of Oxygen.- Muddy Depositional Systems.- Burial.- Provenance of Mudstones.- Muddy Basins.- Practicalities.

Rezensionen

Aus den Rezensionen: "Das von den Autoren aus den USA und Argentinien verfasste Buch wendet sich an Geologen und Mineralogen ... Jedes Kapitel enthält ein Literaturverzeichnis ... Ein Glossary von 10 Seiten sowie eine Zusammenstellung der Tonminerale machen das Buch zu einem wertvollen Nachschlagewerk." (Tone, Tonsteine und Rutschungen, in: GMIT - Geowissenschaftliche Mitteilungen, 2006, Issue 25, S. 100)