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Provenance of Arenites

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  • © 1985

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Editors:
  1. G. G. Zuffa

    1. Department of Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, Cosenza, Italy

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Part of the book series: Nato Science Series C: (ASIC, volume 148)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Main Factors Controlling the Composition of Arenites

    1. Influence of Climate and Relief on Compositions of Sands Released at Source Areas

      • Abhijit Basu
      Pages 1-18

    2. Influence of Transport Processes and Basin Geometry on Sand Composition

      • Franco Ricci Lucchi
      Pages 19-45

    3. Local Morphologic Controls and Effects of Basin Geometry on Flow Processes in Deep Marine Basins

      • William R. Normark
      Pages 47-63

    4. Turbidite Systems and Their Relations to Depositional Sequences

      • Emiliano Mutti
      Pages 65-93

    5. Diagenetic Processes That Affect Provenance Determinations in Sandstone

      • Earle F. Mcbride
      Pages 95-113

    6. Types of Porosity in Sandstones and Their Significance in Interpreting Provenance

      • G. Shanmugam
      Pages 115-137

    7. Provenance of Feldspathic Sandstones — The Effect of Diagenesis on Provenance Interpretations: A Review

      • Kenneth P. Helmold
      Pages 139-163

    8. Optical Analyses of Arenites: Influence of Methodology on Compositional Results

      • Gian Gaspare Zuffa
      Pages 165-189

  4. Global Synthesis on Modern and Ancient Marine Sands

    1. Reading Provenance from Modern Marine Sands

      • Renzo Valloni
      Pages 309-332

    2. Interpreting Provenance Relations from Detrital Modes of Sandstones

      • William R. Dickinson
      Pages 333-361

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 363-408
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, Cosenza, Italy

    G. G. Zuffa

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Provenance of Arenites

  • Editors: G. G. Zuffa

  • Series Title: Nato Science Series C:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2809-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1985

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-1944-7Published: 31 March 1985

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-8413-2Published: 30 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-2809-6Published: 29 June 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1389-2185

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 408

  • Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations, 14 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Sedimentology

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