Carbonate Depositional Systems
Assessing Dimensions and Controlling Parameters
Edited by
Hildegard Westphal - Bernhard M. Riegl - Gregor P. Eberli
ISBN:
904819363X
ISBN 13:
9789048193639
Carbonate Depositional Systems
Carbonate sediments are increasingly relevant in archiving past environmental conditions, and in geothermal energy and hydrocarbon reservoirs. This book closes some gaps in our understanding of their interplay with physical, chemical, and biological factors.
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Carbonate sediments are of increasing relevance for archives of past environmental conditions and for economical reasons in areas of geothermal energy and hydrocarbon reservoirs. Complex interaction of physical and chemical parameters with biological parameters determines the architecture and composition of carbonate sedimentary bodies. This book closes some of the still existing gaps in our understanding of the influence and interplay of physical, chemical, and biological parameters with carbonate sedimentation. An understanding of this interaction is not only required for reliable prediction of reservoir quality but also for a robust interpretation of environmental conditions in the past and the present. It is written by geologists for geologists in order to provide an easily accessible overview of the large amount of relevant information provided by the neighbouring sciences.
The approach of the book is to document the modern depositional environments of three classical areas of carbonate deposition, each characteristic for a specific sedimentological setting (isolated platform, attached shelf, ramp) in order to assess both the range of physical, biological and chemical parameters and their sedimentary response. This book presents a comprehensive compilation based on data from published work and unpublished theses, and the integration of these data in order to extract previously undiscovered relationships between the discussed parameters and carbonate deposition.
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General info
Publisher & Imprint:
Springer
City:
Dordrecht
Pages:
277
More info:
height 234 mm
width 156 mm
weight 1150 gr
thickness 14 mm
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Age recommended:
Professional and scholarly
Subject Indexing & Classification
Dewey:(DC21) 551
Departments:
Environmental impact of natural disasters & phenomena; Soil science, sedimentology; Palaeontology; Biogeography;
Record updated at:
03 May, 2013
time:
07:27
Summary
Carbonate Depositional Systems
1. Parameters controlling modern carbonate depositional environments - Approach Hildegard Westphal, Gregor P. Eberli and Bernhard Riegl 2. Controlling parameters on facies geometries of the Bahamas, an isolated carbonate platform environment Kelly L. Bergman, Hildegard Westphal, Xavier Janson, Anthony Poiriez, and Gregor P. Eberli 3. Belize - A Modern Example of a Mixed Carbonate-Siliciclastic Shelf Donald F. McNeill, Xavier Janson, Kelly L. Bergman, and Gregor P. Eberli 4. The Persian Gulf - Facies belts, Physical and Chemical Parameters of the Ocean Bernhard Riegl, Anthony Poiriez, Xavier Janson, and Kelly L. Bergman 5. Summary - the depositional systems of the Bahamas, Belize and the Persian/Arabian Gulf compared Gregor P. Eberli and Hildegard Westphal
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