Carbonates in Continental Settings
Facies, Environments, and Processes
- 1st Edition, Volume 61 - October 5, 2009
- Imprint: Elsevier Science
- Editors: A.M. Alonso-Zarza, Lawrence H. Tanner
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 5 3 0 2 5 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 9 3 1 9 5 - 1
This book provides an up-to-date compilation of the latest research on the petrography, facies, paleonvironmental significance and economic aspects of continental carbonates. Th… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThis book provides an up-to-date compilation of the latest research on the petrography, facies, paleonvironmental significance and economic aspects of continental carbonates. The overall organization of the book first emphasizes the descriptive aspects and processes operating on carbonate deposits in greatly varied settings, and then considers applications for basin analysis, as well as economic and historical aspects. This volume will be a valuable tool for graduate and postgraduate students as well as for experienced researchers. The second part (volume 62 in this series) will deal with the geochemistry, diagenesis and applications of carbonates in continental settings.
- Covering the greatly varied aspects of carbonate deposits from continental settings deposits
- Clear and easy to follow organization
- Up to date information, so readers can find references from the classic literature to the most recent research
sedimentologists, petroleum geologists, geomorphologists, paleontologists, soil scientists
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 61
- Published: October 5, 2009
- No. of pages (Hardback): 400
- No. of pages (eBook): 400
- Imprint: Elsevier Science
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780444530257
- eBook ISBN: 9780080931951
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A.M. Alonso-Zarza
Affiliations and expertise
Dptº Petrología y Geoquímica. Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040, Madrid, SpainLT
Lawrence H. Tanner
Affiliations and expertise
Center for the Study of Environmental Change, Department of Biological Sciences, Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY 13214, USARead Carbonates in Continental Settings on ScienceDirect