Carbonates in continental settings : geochemistry, diagenesis and applications / editors, A.M. Alonso-Zarza and L.H. Tanner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alonso-Zarza, Ana María, 1962-

Tanner, Lawrence H.

Series:

Developments in sedimentology ; 62.

Developments in sedimentology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Carbonates.

Physical Description:

xii, 319 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 CD-ROM (color ; 4 3/4 in.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, [2010]

Summary:

This book covers the wide range of types of continental carbonates, their sedimentary environments, diagenesis and geochemistry. Carbonate sedimentary deposits are widely distributed among basins through space and time, but their characteristics and processes of formation vary greatly. This has made it quite difficult to produce a framework that explains the relationship between the different sedimentary environments in which continental carbonates may form and the processes involved in their formation. In large part, this is due to the complex relationship between carbonates sedimentation and climate, tectonics, eustacy, geochemistry, and evolutionary biology. Therefore, the study of continental carbonates is multidisciplinary including sedimentary petrologists, sedimentologists, geomorphologists, paleontologists and soil scientists.

The content of the book is an overarching survey that provides a broad framework for the study of continental carbonates and enhances consideration of them as important tools for the interpretation of paleoclimatology, paleohydrology and paleontology of ancient sedimentary basins. Moreover, some recent continental carbonates occurs in sites of special natural or historical interest, thus better understanding the formation of these sediments may optimize efforts to protect and preserve these sites. Importantly, each chapter serves as an introduction to a specific topic, emphasizing the current state of knowledge and suggesting directions for future research.

The contents of the book are organized in two volumes. Volumes 61 focuses on facies, environments and processes and includes a chapter on trace fossils, whereas Volume 62 provides an overall review on geochemistry, diagenesis and applications of these carbonates.

Contents:

The geochemistry of continental carbonates / Daniel M. Deocampo

Diagenesis of carbonates in continental settings / Ildefonso Armenteros

Silicification of continental carbonates / Maria Angeles Bustillo

Continental carbonates as indicators of paleoclimate / Lawrence H. Tanner

Continental sequence stratigraphy and continental carbonates / Debra L. Hanneman and Charles J. Wideman

Economic aspects of continental carbonates and carbonates transformed under continental conditions / M.J. Herrero and J.I. escavy

Continental carbonates

preservation of natural and historic heritage sites / Allan Pentecost.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780444535269

0444535268

9780444535306

0444535306

OCLC:

430842987

Online:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/publication?issn=00704571&volume=62