Sandstone Diagenesis: Recent and AncientISBN: 978-1-4051-0897-3
Paperback
656 pages
March 2003, Wiley-Blackwell
Other Available Formats: E-book
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Diagenesis affects all sediments after their deposition and
includes a fundamental suite of physical, chemical and biological
processes that control the texture, mineralogy and fluid-flow
properties of sedimentary rocks. Understanding the processes and
products of diagenesis is thus a critical component in the analysis
of the evolution of sedimentary basins, and has practical
implications for subsurface porosity destruction, preservation and
generation. This in turn is of great relevance to the petroleum and
water industries, as well as to the location and nature of some
economic mineral deposits.
- Combines key papers in sandstone diagenesis published in
Sedimentology over the last 30 years.
- Records the development of diagenesis from the description of
grain shapes through provenance, petrography and analytical
geochemistry to predictive models of diagenetic process.
- Provides definitions and explanations of the terms and concepts used in diagenesis.
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