Sediment provenance : influences on compositional change from source to sink / edited by Rajat Mazumder.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mazumder, R. (Rajat), editor.

ScienceDirect (Online service)

Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sedimentation and deposition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (614 pages)

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier, [2017]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Front Cover; Sediment Provenance; SEDIMENT PROVENANCE: INFLUENCES ON COMPOSITIONAL CHANGE FROM SOURCE TO SINK; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; 1

Sediment Provenance: Influence on Compositional Change From Source to Sink; Acknowledgment; References; 2

Evolution of Siliciclastic Provenance Inquiries: A Critical Appraisal; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. PURPOSE AND SCOPE; 3. MATERIALS AND RELEVANT PROPERTIES; 4. INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES AND INSIGHTFUL RESULTS; 4.1 Optical Microscopy; 4.2 Chemical Compositions of Bulk Rocks; 4.3 Populations of Single Derital Minerals; 5. THE CRITIQUE

5.1 Bulk Mineralogical Compositions5.2 Bulk Chemical Compositions; 5.3 Properties of Single Minerals; 6. DISCUSSION; 7. THE FUTURE; 8. CONCLUSIONS; Acknowledgments; References; APPENDIX I. DIVERSE CRITERIA FOR MODAL ANALYSIS OF SANDSTONES; 3

Tracing the Source of the Bio/Siliciclastic Beach Sands at Rosa Marina (Apulian Coast, SE Italy); 1. INTRODUCTION; 1.1 Beaches as Multiprocess Environments; 1.2 Characteristics of Beach Sands; 2. SETTING OF THE STUDY AREA; 2.1 Geographical Aspects; 2.2 Stratigraphy and Sedimentology; 3. METHODS; 3.1 Sampling of the Beach Sand; 3.2 Petrographical Methods

4. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BEACH SAND AND OLDER UNITS4.1 Composition of the Beach Sand; 4.2 Grain-Size Characteristics of the Beach Sand; 4.3 Older Sedimentary Units; 4.4 Classification of the Beach Sand; 5. MARINE LIFE FORMS CONTRIBUTING TO THE BEACH SAND; 5.1 The Main Biocenoses; 6. CONCLUSIONS; References; 4

Changes in the Heavy-Mineral Spectra on Their Way From Various Sources to Joint Sinks: A Case Study of Pleistoc ...; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. GEOGRAPHICAL SETTING; 3. METHODS; 4. HEAVY-MINERAL SPECTRA; 4.1 Northern Sources of the Heavy Minerals; 4.2 The IMV Substratum as a Source

4.3 Source Areas in the South4.4 Postdepositional Processes Affecting the Heavy-Mineral Spectra; 4.5 Sorting as an Important Factor Controlling the Heavy-Mineral Spectra; 5. DISCUSSION; 5.1 Factors Influencing Heavy-Mineral Spectra; 5.2 Sources of the Sediments Under Study; 6. CONCLUSIONS; References; 5

Reconstructions of Paleohydraulic Conditions From Primary Sedimentary Structures: Problems and Implications for ...; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. ENTRAINMENT AND TRANSPORTATION; 3. BED FORM STABILITY; 3.1 Froude Number and the Bed Form Geometry

4. ESTIMATION OF PALEOHYDRAULIC PARAMETERS FROM DIFFERENT STRUCTURES4.1 Dunes and Ripples; 4.2 Cross-Stratification; 4.3 Antidune; 5. RANDOMNESS OF EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS; 6. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS; References; 6

Physico-Chemical Characteristics of the Barremian-Aptian Siliciclastic Rocks in the Pondicherry Embryonic Rift ...; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. GEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND; 3. METHODOLOGY; 4. FACIES ANALYSIS; 4.1 Facies Association I, Scree Cone; 4.1.1 Interpretation; 4.2 Facies Association II, Alluvial Fan Apex; 4.2.1 Interpretation; 4.3 Facies Association III, Alluvial Fan Base

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Amsterdam Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 01, 2016).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Sediment Provenance.

ISBN:

9780128033876

0128033878

Publisher Number:

99969639815

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