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Subject(s)

• Sedimentology [Browse]

Author

• Potter, P. E. [Browse]
• Potter, P. E. [Browse]
• Siever, R. [Browse]
• Siever, R. [Browse]

• Potter, P. E. [Browse]
• Siever, R. [Browse]

Series

• Springer Study Edition, [More in this series]
• Springer Study Edition, 0172-6234 [More in this series]

Summary note

This book is the outgrowth of a week-long conference on sandstone organized by the authors, first held at Banff, Alberta, in 1964 under the auspices of the Alberta Association of Petroleum Geologists and the University of Alberta, and again, in 1965, at Bloomington, Indiana, under the sponsorship of the Indiana Geological Survey and the Department of Geology, Indiana University. A 2- page syllabus was prepared for the second conference and published by the Indiana Geological Survey. Continuing interest in and demand for the syllabus prompted us to update and expand its contents. The result is this book. We hope this work will be useful as a text or supplementary text for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in sedimentation, sedimentary petrology, or general petrology and perhaps will be helpful to the teachers of such courses. Though we have focussed on sandstones we have necessarily included much of interest to students of all sediments. We hope also that it will be a useful reference work for the professional geologist, especially those concerned with petroleum, ground-water, and economic geology either in industry or government. Because the subject is so closely tied to surface processes it may also be of interest to geo­ morphologists and engineers who deal with beaches and rivers where sand is in transit.

Notes

"With 258 figures."

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographies and index.

Language note

English

Contents

• 1. Introduction and Source Materials
• Sand and Sandstone Defined
• Relative and Absolute Abundance
• Distribution, Past and Present
• History of Investigation
• Economic Value of Sand
• References
• General Source Materials for the Study of Sand and Sandstone
• References and Textbooks
• Petrographic Manuals and Lexicons
• Periodicals and Serials
• Bibliographies
• I: The Fundamental Properties of Sandstones
• 2. Mineral and Chemical Composition
• 3. Texture,
• 4. Sedimentary Structures and Bedding
• II: The Petrography of Sandstones
• 5. Petrographic Classification and Glossary
• 6. Petrography of Common Sands and Sandstones
• 7. The Volcaniclastics
• III: Processes that Form Sand and Sandstone
• 8. Production and Provenance of Sand
• 9. Transport, Deposition, and Deformation of Sand
• 10. Diagenesis
• IV: Broader Aspects of Sand Deposition
• 11. Sand Bodies and Environment
• 12. Sandstones, Sedimentary Basins, and Continental Evolution
• Appendix: Petrographic Analysis of Sandstones
• Rock Description and Analysis
• A Comprehensive Petrographic Analysis: The Trivoli Sandstone of Southern Illinois
• Author Index.

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ISBN

1-4615-9974-1

Doi

10.1007/978-1-4615-9974-6

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