Carbonates in continental settings facies, environments, and processes

This book provides an up-to-date compilation of the latest research on the petrography, facies, paleonvironmental significance and economic aspects of continental carbonates. The overall organization of the book first emphasizes the descriptive aspects and processes operating on carbonate deposits i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alonso-Zarza, Ana María
Other Authors: Tanner, Lawrence H.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Science ©2010, 2010
Series:Developments in sedimentology
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Collection: Elsevier ScienceDirect eBooks - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Lacustrine carbonates / (E.H. Gierlowski-Kordesch)
  • Palustrine carbonates / (A.M. Alonso-Zarza, and V.P. Wright)
  • Fluvial and associated carbonate deposits / (C. Arenas-Abad, M. Vazquez-Urbez, G. Pardo-Tirapu, and C. Sancho-Marcen)
  • Calcareous spring deposits in continental settings / (B. Jones, and R.W. Renaut)
  • Calcretes / (A.M. Alonso-Zarza, and V.P. Wright)
  • Karst / (S. Frisia, and A. Borsato)
  • Invertebrate and vertabrate trace fossils from continental carbonates / (J.F. Genise, R.N. Melchor, E.S. Bellosi, and M. Verde)