Quaternary carbonate and evaporite sedimentary facies and their ancient analogues : a tribute to Douglas James Shearman /

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Shearman, Douglas James, 1918-2003, Kendall, Christopher G. St. C., Alsharhan, A. S.
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Hoboken : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
• Σειρά: Special publication ... of the International Association of Sedimentologists ; no. 43.
• Θέματα: Carbonate rocks > Persian Gulf Coast (Persian Gulf States); Evaporites > Persian Gulf Coast (Persian Gulf States); Facies (Geology) > Persian Gulf Coast (Persian Gulf States); Geology, Stratigraphic > Quaternary.; Science.; Geology.; SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > General.; Electronic books.

"This volume commemorates the eclectic research of Douglas James Shearman into evaporites, which was initiated by his studies of the prograding UAE coastal sabkhas or salt flats that incorporate evaporite minerals which displace and replace earlier carbonate sediments. His subsequent proselytiz...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Quaternary carbonate and evaporite sedimentary facies and their ancient analogues; Dedication; Douglas James Shearman (1918-2003): "The Father of the sabkha model"; Introduction to Quaternary carbonate and evaporite sedimentary facies and their ancient analogues; Part 1: Recent carbonate and evaporite sediments; An historical review of the Quaternary sedimentology of the Gulf (Arabian/Persian Gulf) and its geological impact; Holocene geomorphology and recent carbonate-evaporite sedimentation of the coastal region of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.