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Sedimentation as a Three-Component System

Organic Carbon, Carbonate, Noncarbonate

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  • © 1993

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Authors:
  1. Werner Ricken
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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences (LNEARTH, volume 51)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

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  2. Sediment recipes

    Pages 3-9

  3. Depositional dilution processes with three components

    Pages 10-29

  4. Factors influencing the three-component system

    Pages 30-46

  5. Relative time span assessment

    Pages 47-55

  6. Input variation in rhythmically bedded sediment

    Pages 59-79

  7. Combined input pattern of transgressive-regressive cycles, Upper Cretaceous, U.S. Western Interior

    Pages 80-96

  8. Carbonate-clastic systems

    Pages 99-138

  9. Systems rich and poor in organic carbon

    Pages 139-179

  10. Back Matter

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About this book

Sedimentation as a Three-Component System describes the most common styles of deposition in marine environments as they relate to sediment composition.Three components, organic matter, carbonate, and siliciclastic sediment, maysettle concurrently, but at different rates, intermixing on the sea floor to form a particular sediment composition. A change in the flux of one component is capable of relatively diluting or concentrating theother two components, which can be expressed in the characteristic ratio of organic carbon to carbonate in the resulting sediment. The basic concept of this book is to address organic carbon-carbonate associations in terms of depositional inputs and time spans. In addition, the three-component system describes organic carbon changes related to major facies transitions. Examples include models of the genesis of carbonaceous sediments, with their various laminated to bioturbated lithotypes, and numerical organic carbon prediction.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Sedimentation as a Three-Component System

  • Book Subtitle: Organic Carbon, Carbonate, Noncarbonate

  • Authors: Werner Ricken

  • Series Title: Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0117861

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1993

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-48108-9Published: 03 January 2008

  • Series ISSN: 0930-0317

  • Series E-ISSN: 1613-2580

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 211

  • Topics: Sedimentology

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