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1 online resource (xii, 600 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) Sediment Provenance: Influences on Compositional Change from Source to Sink provides a thorough and inclusive overview that features data-based case studies on a broad range of dynamic aspects in sedimentary rock structure and deposition. Provenance data plays a critical role in a number of aspects of sedimentary rocks, including the assessment of palaeogeographic reconstructions, the constraints of lateral displacements in orogens, the characterization of crust which is no longer exposed, the mapping of depositional systems, sub-surface correlation, and in predicting reservoir quality. The provenance of fine-grained sediments-on a global scale-has been used to monitor crustal evolution, and sediment transport is paramount in considering restoration techniques for both watershed and river restoration. Transport is responsible for erosion, bank undercutting, sandbar formation, aggradation, gullying, and plugging, as well as bed form migration and generation of primary sedimentary structures. Additionally, the quest for reservoir quality in contemporary hydrocarbon exploration and extraction necessitates a deliberate focus on diagenesis. This book addresses all of these challenges and arms geoscientists with an all-in-one reference to sedimentary rocks, from source to deposition. Front Cover; Sediment Provenance; SEDIMENT PROVENANCE: INFLUENCES ON COMPOSITIONAL CHANGE FROM SOURCE TO SINK; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; 1 -- Sediment Provenance: Influence on Compositional Change From Source to Sink; Acknowledgment; References; 2 -- Evolution of Siliciclastic Provenance Inquiries: A Critical Appraisal; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. PURPOSE AND SCOPE; 3. MATERIALS AND RELEVANT PROPERTIES; 4. INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES AND INSIGHTFUL RESULTS; 4.1 Optical Microscopy; 4.2 Chemical Compositions of Bulk Rocks; 4.3 Populations of Single Derital Minerals; 5. THE CRITIQUE 5.1 Bulk Mineralogical Compositions; 5.2 Bulk Chemical Compositions; 5.3 Properties of Single Minerals; 6. DISCUSSION; 7. THE FUTURE; 8. CONCLUSIONS; Acknowledgments; References; APPENDIX I. DIVERSE CRITERIA FOR MODAL ANALYSIS OF SANDSTONES; 3 -- Tracing the Source of the Bio/Siliciclastic Beach Sands at Rosa Marina (Apulian Coast, SE Italy); 1. INTRODUCTION; 1.1 Beaches as Multiprocess Environments; 1.2 Characteristics of Beach Sands; 2. SETTING OF THE STUDY AREA; 2.1 Geographical Aspects; 2.2 Stratigraphy and Sedimentology; 3. METHODS; 3.1 Sampling of the Beach Sand; 3.2 Petrographical Methods 4. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BEACH SAND AND OLDER UNITS4.1 Composition of the Beach Sand; 4.2 Grain-Size Characteristics of the Beach Sand; 4.3 Older Sedimentary Units; 4.4 Classification of the Beach Sand; 5. MARINE LIFE FORMS CONTRIBUTING TO THE BEACH SAND; 5.1 The Main Biocenoses; 6. CONCLUSIONS; References; 4 -- Changes in the Heavy-Mineral Spectra on Their Way From Various Sources to Joint Sinks: A Case Study of Pleistoc ...; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. GEOGRAPHICAL SETTING; 3. METHODS; 4. HEAVY-MINERAL SPECTRA; 4.1 Northern Sources of the Heavy Minerals; 4.2 The IMV Substratum as a Source 4.3 Source Areas in the South4.4 Postdepositional Processes Affecting the Heavy-Mineral Spectra; 4.5 Sorting as an Important Factor Controlling the Heavy-Mineral Spectra; 5. DISCUSSION; 5.1 Factors Influencing Heavy-Mineral Spectra; 5.2 Sources of the Sediments Under Study; 6. CONCLUSIONS; References; 5 -- Reconstructions of Paleohydraulic Conditions From Primary Sedimentary Structures: Problems and Implications for ...; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. ENTRAINMENT AND TRANSPORTATION; 3. BED FORM STABILITY; 3.1 Froude Number and the Bed Form Geometry 4. ESTIMATION OF PALEOHYDRAULIC PARAMETERS FROM DIFFERENT STRUCTURES4.1 Dunes and Ripples; 4.2 Cross-Stratification; 4.3 Antidune; 5. RANDOMNESS OF EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS; 6. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS; References; 6 -- Physico-Chemical Characteristics of the Barremian-Aptian Siliciclastic Rocks in the Pondicherry Embryonic Rift ...; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. GEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND; 3. METHODOLOGY; 4. FACIES ANALYSIS; 4.1 Facies Association I, Scree Cone; 4.1.1 Interpretation; 4.2 Facies Association II, Alluvial Fan Apex; 4.2.1 Interpretation; 4.3 Facies Association III, Alluvial Fan Base edited by Rajat Mazumder. Includes bibliographical references and index. Sedimentation and deposition SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology Sedimentation and deposition QE571 551.302 Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2017 (OCoLC)952385917 9780128033876 0128033878 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780128033869 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780128033869 N$T 161012 20190328114816.0 ocn960458018 eng