| Carbonate Mud-Mounds: Their Origin and Evolution Contributor(s): Monty, C. L. V. (Editor), Bosence, D. W. J. (Editor), Bridges, P. H. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0865429332 ISBN-13: 9780865429338 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $184.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1995 Annotation: Mud-mounds are build-ups of biogenic carbonate sediment and are economically important as hosts of lead-zinc mineralization as well as oil and gas deposits. This is the first book to investigate the structure, origin and evolution of carbonate mud-mounds. It reviews the different mechanisms, principally microbial and detrital, of mud-mound formation; and examines in detail the major changes in mud-mound type and occurrence through geological time. The major part of the book, written by an international team of authors, contains case studies of mud-mounds from the Palaeozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic drawn from around the world. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Rocks & Minerals - Science | Earth Sciences - Geology |
| Dewey: 552.5 |
| LCCN: 94041305 |
| Series: International Association of Sedimentologists |
| Physical Information: 1.02" H x 7.53" W x 9.7" (2.95 lbs) 544 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the first book to investigate the structure, origin and evolution of carbonate mud-mounds. Mud-mounds are accumulations of biogenic carbonate sediment that are common in the geological record, and economically important as they host lead zinc mineralization and oil and gas. The book reviews, for the first time, the different mechanisms of mud-mound formation and examines in detail the major changes in mud-mound type and occurrence through geological time. The major part of the book contains case studies of mud-mounds from the Palaeozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic. The coverage is global and truly international, with 32 authors from 10 countries.
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