Sediment provenance: influences on compositional change from source to sink

"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"--OCLC.

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 Compositions5.2 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…