Terrigenous Clastic Depositional Systems

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 : 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 : William E. Galloway
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783540908272
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Terrigenous Clastic Depositional Systems written by William E. Galloway and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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 : John W. Snedden
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110841902X
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gulf of Mexico Sedimentary Basin written by John W. Snedden and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-11-21 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive and richly illustrated overview of the Gulf of Mexico Basin, including its reservoirs, source rocks, tectonics and evolution.

Author : H.-E. Reineck
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642814980
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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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)

Author : Andrew D. Miall
Publisher : Sepm Society for Sedimentary
ISBN 13 : 9780918985941
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Three-dimensional Facies Architecture of Terrigenous Clastic Sediments and Its Implications for Hydrocarbon Discovery and Recovery written by Andrew D. Miall and published by Sepm Society for Sedimentary. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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

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Download or read book Terrigenous Clastic Depositional Environments written by Miles O. Hayes and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gary Nichols
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118687779
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sedimentology and Stratigraphy written by Gary Nichols and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fully revised and updated edition introduces the reader to sedimentology and stratigraphic principles, and provides tools for the interpretation of sediments and sedimentary rocks. The processes of formation, transport and deposition of sediment are considered and then applied to develop conceptual models for the full range of sedimentary environments, from deserts to deep seas and reefs to rivers. Different approaches to using stratigraphic principles to date and correlate strata are also considered, in order to provide a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of sedimentology and stratigraphy. The text and figures are designed to be accessible to anyone completely new to the subject, and all of the illustrative material is provided in an accompanying CD-ROM. High-resolution versions of these images can also be downloaded from the companion website for this book at: www.wiley.com/go/nicholssedimentology.

Author : Andrew Miall
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3319006665
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fluvial Depositional Systems written by Andrew Miall and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-08-23 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is intended to complement the author's 1996 book "The geology of fluvial deposits", not to replace it. The book summarizes methods of mapping and interpretation of fluvial depositional systems, with a detailed treatment of the tectonic, climatic and eustatic controls on fluvial depositional processes. It focuses on the preserved, ancient depositional record and emphasizes large-scale (basin-scale) depositional processes. Tectonic and climatic controls of fluvial sedimentation and the effects of base-level change on sequence architecture are discussed. Profusely illustrated and with an extensive reference to the recent literature, this book will be welcomed by the student and professional geologist alike.