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Origin of carbonate sedimentary rocks / Noel P. James and Brian Jones.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chichester : John Wiley & Sons, ©2016.Description: xvi, 446 p. : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9781118652732 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Origin of carbonate sedimentary rocksDDC classification:
  • 552.58 23 J28
Contents:
pt. I CARBONATE SEDIMENTOLOGY: AN OVERVIEW -- 1.Carbonate Rocks And Platforms -- 2.Carbonate Chemistry And Mineralogy -- 3.The Carbonate Factory -- 4.Marine Carbonate Factories And Rock Classifications -- 5.The Carbonate Factory: Microbes And Algae -- 6.The Carbonate Factory: Single Cells And Shells -- 7.The Carbonate Factory: Echinoderms And Colonial pt. II CARBONATE DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEMS: AN OVERVIEW -- 8.Lacustrine Carbonates -- 9.Carbonate Springs -- 10.Warm-Water Neritic Carbonate Depositional Systems -- 11.The Cool-Water Neritic Realm -- 12.Muddy Peritidal Carbonates -- 13.Neritic Carbonate Tidal Sand Bodies -- 14.Modern Reefs -- 15.Ancient Reefs -- 16.Carbonate Slopes -- 17.Deep-Water Pelagic Carbonates -- 18.Precambrian Carbonates -- 19.Carbonate Sequence Stratigraphy -- 20.The Time Machine -- pt. III CARBONATE DIAGENESIS: AN OVERVIEW -- 21.The Processes And Environments Of Diagenesis -- 22.Analytical Methods -- 23.The Chemistry Of Carbonate Diagenesis -- 24.Limestone: The Synsedimentary Marine Diagenetic -- 25.Meteoric Diagenesis Of Young Limestones -- 26.Karst And Water-Controlled Diagenesis -- 27.Burial Diagenesis Of Limestone -- 28.Dolomite And Dolomitization -- 29.Dolomitization Processes And Synsedimentary Dolomite -- 30.Subsurface Dolomitization And Dolostone Paragenesis -- 31.Diagenesis And Geohistory -- 32.Carbonate Porosity.
Summary: This textbook provides an overview of the origin and preservation of carbonate sedimentary rocks. The focus is on limestones and dolostones and the sediments from which they are derived.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. I CARBONATE SEDIMENTOLOGY: AN OVERVIEW --
1.Carbonate Rocks And Platforms --
2.Carbonate Chemistry And Mineralogy --
3.The Carbonate Factory --
4.Marine Carbonate Factories And Rock Classifications --
5.The Carbonate Factory: Microbes And Algae --
6.The Carbonate Factory: Single Cells And Shells --
7.The Carbonate Factory: Echinoderms And Colonial
pt. II CARBONATE DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEMS: AN OVERVIEW --
8.Lacustrine Carbonates --
9.Carbonate Springs --
10.Warm-Water Neritic Carbonate Depositional Systems --
11.The Cool-Water Neritic Realm --
12.Muddy Peritidal Carbonates --
13.Neritic Carbonate Tidal Sand Bodies --
14.Modern Reefs --
15.Ancient Reefs --
16.Carbonate Slopes --
17.Deep-Water Pelagic Carbonates --
18.Precambrian Carbonates --
19.Carbonate Sequence Stratigraphy --
20.The Time Machine --
pt. III CARBONATE DIAGENESIS: AN OVERVIEW --
21.The Processes And Environments Of Diagenesis --
22.Analytical Methods --
23.The Chemistry Of Carbonate Diagenesis --
24.Limestone: The Synsedimentary Marine Diagenetic -- 25.Meteoric Diagenesis Of Young Limestones --
26.Karst And Water-Controlled Diagenesis --
27.Burial Diagenesis Of Limestone --
28.Dolomite And Dolomitization --
29.Dolomitization Processes And Synsedimentary Dolomite -- 30.Subsurface Dolomitization And Dolostone Paragenesis --
31.Diagenesis And Geohistory --
32.Carbonate Porosity.

This textbook provides an overview of the origin and preservation of carbonate sedimentary rocks. The focus is on limestones and dolostones and the sediments from which they are derived.

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