Terrigenous Clastic Depositional Environments

Author : William E. Galloway
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642610188
Total Pages : 505 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Terrigenous Clastic Depositional Systems written by William E. Galloway and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nonrenewable energy resources, comprising fossil fuels and uranium, are not ran domly distributed within the Earth's crust. They formed in response to a complex array of geologic controls, notably the genesis of the sedimentary rocks that host most commercial energy resources. It is this genetic relationship between economic re sources and environment that forms the basis for this book. Our grouping of petro leum, coal, uranium, and ground water may appear to be incongruous or artificial. But our basic premise is that these ostensibly disparate resources share common genetic attributes and that the sedimentological principles governing their natural distributions and influencing their recovery are fundamentally similar. Our combined careers have focused on these four resources, and our experiences in projects worldwide reveal that certain recurring geologic factors are important in controlling the distribution of com mercial accumulations and subsurface fluid flow. These critical factors include the shape and stability of the receiving basin, the major depositional elements and their internal detail, and the modifications during burial that are brought about in these sediments by pressure, circulating fluids, heating, and chemical reaction. Since the first edition of this book in 1983, there has been a quantum leap in the volume of literature devoted to genetic stratigraphy and refinement of sedimentologi cal principles and a commensurate increase in the application of these concepts to resource exploration and development.

Author : Miles O. Hayes
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Author : W. E. Galloway
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 146840170X
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Terrigenous Clastic Depositional Systems written by W. E. Galloway and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The reserves, or extractable fraction, of the fuel-mineral endowment are sufficient to supply the bulk of the world's energy requirements for the immediately forseeable future-well into the next century according to even the most pessimistic predictions. But increasingly sophisticated exploration concepts and technology must be employed to maintain and, if possible, add to the reserve base. Most of the world's fuel-mineral resources are in sedimentary rocks. Any procedure or concept that helps describe, under stand, and predict the external geometry and internal attributes of major sedimentary units can therefore contribute to discovery and recovery of coal, uranium, and petroleum. While conceding the desirability of renewable and nonpolluting energy supply from gravitational, wind, or solar sources, the widespread deployment of these systems lies far in the future-thus the continued commercial emphasis on conventional nonrenewable fuel mineral resources, even though their relative significance will fluctuate with time. For example, a decade ago the progilostications for uranium were uniformly optimistic. But in the early 1980s the uranium picture is quite sombre, although unlikely to remain permanently depressed. Whether uranium soars to the heights of early expectations remains to be seen. Problems of waste disposal and public acceptance persist. Fusion reactors may ultimately eliminate the need for uranium in power generation, but for the next few decades there will be continued demand for uranium to fuel existing power plants and those that come on stream. This book is, to some extent, a hybrid.

Author : Miles O. Hayes
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 315 pages
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Author : Peter A. Scholle
Publisher : AAPG
ISBN 13 : 0891813071
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sandstone Depositional Environments written by Peter A. Scholle and published by AAPG. This book was released on 1982 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : H.-E. Reineck
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642814980
Total Pages : 566 pages
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Download or read book Depositional Sedimentary Environments written by H.-E. Reineck and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the reviews: "...This is an extremely useful reference text for the sedimentary geologist to own. It is well produced with clear illustrations and text, and gives excellent factual information on a large number of topics." (Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology) "...represents a significant contribution to the literature of geoscience. It should be in the library of anyone seriously intereted in sedimentology."(Marine Geology) "This book is still unsurpassed in providing a good, basic synthesis of modern sedimentary environments, especially the physical attributes of the deposits being formed and the processes responsible..." (Sedimentary Geology)

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Total Pages : 315 pages
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Author : Miles O. Hayes
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Total Pages : 316 pages
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Download or read book Terrigenous Clastic Depositional Environment written by Miles O. Hayes and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 161 pages
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Download or read book Depositional Environments as Interpreted from Primary Sedimentary Structures and Stratification Sequences written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 315 pages
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