Ancient Sedimentary Environments

And Their Sub-surface Diagnosis
2. Auflage 1995
ISBN: 978-0-412-57970-7
Verlag: Science Publishers

Buch, Englisch, 326 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 280 mm, Gewicht: 600 g

This edition retains the case history approach to emphasize the subsurface diagnosis of environments using seismic and geophysical well logs and their application to petroleum exploration and production. This book should be of interest to undergraduates in sedimentology and petroleum geology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Selley, Richard C.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Bodenkunde, Sedimentologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Wirtschaftsgeologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Petrologie, Mineralogie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Wasserversorgung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface, Preface to the third edition, Preface to the second edition, Preface to the first edition, Acknowledgements, A note about references, 1. Concepts and methods, 2. Methods of environmental interpretation, 3. River deposits, 4. Wind-blown deposits, 5. Lake deposits, 6. Deltas, 7. Linear terrigenous shorelines, 8. Mixed terrigenous: carbonate shorelines, 9. Terrigenous shelf sediments, 10. Carbonate shelves, 11. Reefs, 12. Deep water sands, 13. Pelagic deposits, Index

Über Autor(innen)

Richard Selley is Professor of Applied Sedimentology in the Department of Geology, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London. He worked for several years for Conoco in Libya and the North Sea, and has extensive international experience as a consultant and lecturer to the oil and mining industries.