Applied Sedimentology

About this book

There are three types of rockigneous, metamorphic and sedimentary. Sedimentary rocks form from the weathering, erosion, transportation and deposition of older rocks. "Applied Sedimentology" describes the formation, transportation and deposition of sediment, and the post-depositional processes that change soft sediment into sedimentary rock. Sedimentary rocks include sandstones, limestones and mudstones. All the world's coal, most of its water and fossil fuels, and many mineral deposits occur in sedimentary rocks. "Applied Sedimentology" shows how the study of sediments aids the exploration for and exploitation of natural resources, including water, ores and hydrocarbons. It is completely revised edition. Like its precursor, it describes sediments from sand grains to sedimentary basins. It features up-to date account and critique of sequence and cyclostratigraphy. It is extensively illustrated with photos and remotely sensed sea bed images describing sedimentary processes, products and depositional systems. Color plates illustrate sediment textures, lithologies, pore types, diagenetic textures, and carbonate and clastic sequence stratigraphic models. It emphasises the applications of sedimentology to the exploration for and exploitation of natural resources, including water, ores and hydrocarbons. It contains extensive references and up-to-date bibliography for further study.

Contents

Preface. Introduction. Rock to Sediment: Weathering and the Sedimentary Cycle. Particles, Pores, and Permeability. Sediment Sedimented: Transportation and Sedimentation. Sedimentary Structures. Depositional Systems. Sediment to Rock: The Subsurface Environment. Allochthonous Sediments. Authochthonous Sediments. Sedimentary Basins. Subject Index. About the Author.

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Biography

Richard Selley is Professor of Applied Sedimentology in the Department of Geology, Imperial College, University of London. He has been involved in petroleum exploration across the globe and has published 5 text books and many papers on sedimentology and its application to petroleum exploration and production. Richard Selley has been awarded the Murchison Fund of the Geological Society, has been a Distinguished Lecturerof the Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia, and was awarded a Certificate of Merit by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.