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- Elementary broad overview of the topic
- Clear straightforward representation supplemented by many illustrations
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About this book
Mud and mudstone, the most abundant of all sediments and sedimentary rocks, are relevant to many different human activities and disciplines and thus have a widely scattered literature. Our book provides the first elementary overview of mud and mudstone written for a broad spectrum of professionals, teachers and students in geology, petroleum geology and engineering, urban planning and development, paleontology and paleoecology, and architecture and archaeology. Mud and mudstone provide the foundations to master all their aspects and prepares you to dig deeply into the many fascinating questions of their origin, relationships to earth history and practical uses. Key topics include the production of mud, its transport, the important role of bottom oxygen, sites of deposition, burial, provenance, mudstones in basins and an overview of practical uses followed by an appendix and extended glossary.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mud and Mudstones
Book Subtitle: Introduction and Overview
Authors: Paul E. Potter, J. Barry Maynard, Pedro J. Depetris
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b138571
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-22157-9Due: 08 December 2004
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-06058-8Published: 13 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-27082-9Published: 02 August 2005
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 297
Number of Illustrations: 201 b/w illustrations
Topics: Geomorphology, Geology, Sedimentology, Paleontology