Carbonate Mud-Mounds: Their Origin and EvolutionISBN: 978-0-86542-933-8
Paperback
544 pages
August 1995, Wiley-Blackwell
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This is the first book to investigate the structure, origin and
evolution of carbonate mud-mounds. Mud-mounds are accumulations of
biogenic carbonate sediment that are common in the geological
record, and economically important as they host lead zinc
mineralization and oil and gas. The book reviews, for the first
time, the different mechanisms of mud-mound formation and examines
in detail the major changes in mud-mound type and occurrence
through geological time. The major part of the book contains case
studies of mud-mounds from the Palaeozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic.
The coverage is global and truly international, with 32 authors
from 10 countries.
- The first volume to deal with the structure, formation and
evolution of mud-mounds.
- Copiously illustrated, with nine colour plates.
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