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Minerals and Mineraloids in Marine Sediments

An Optical Identification Guide

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  • © 1989

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  1. R. G. Rothwell

    1. Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Godalming, UK

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. The Mineralogy of Marine Sediments the Smear Slide Method

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Mineralogy of Marine Sediments

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      Pages 3-20

    3. The Smear Slide Method

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      Pages 21-24

  3. Minerals and Mineraloids Occurring in Marine Sediments

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      Pages 25-25
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    2. Minerals and Mineraloids Occurring in Marine Sediments

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      Pages 27-35

    3. Aragonite

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      Pages 36-41

    4. Barite

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      Pages 42-46

    5. Calcite

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      Pages 47-56

    6. Clay

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      Pages 57-59

    7. Dolomite

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      Pages 60-64

    8. Feldspar

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      Pages 65-78

    9. Ferromagnesian minerals

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      Pages 79-94

    10. Glauconite

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      Pages 95-102

    11. Gypsum (and anhydrite)

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      Pages 103-108

    12. Heavy minerals

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      Pages 109-138

    13. Iron Oxides

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      Pages 139-143

    14. Mica

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      Pages 144-150

    15. Micronodules (Fe-Mn Oxides and Hydroxides)

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      Pages 151-155

    16. Palagonite

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      Pages 156-160
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About this book

Over 60% of the Earth's surface is covered with deep marine sediments, however, until the early 1980s, no comprehensive text books appeared to support the rapid expansion in the study of these sediments. While the whole field of marine geology has expanded enormously and entirely new disciplines, such as paleoceanography, have been developed, there remains a lack of reference texts on study techniques that investigators in the marine community can turn to. Minerals and Mineraloids in Marine Sediments is an optical identifica­ tion guide that I believe will become a standard reference text for use in the microscope analysis of marine sediment& and sedimentary rocks. The systematic collection of sediment cores from the deep ocean floor began in earnest with the Swedish Deep Sea Expedition, 1947-1948. Much of the microscopic examination of the sediments collected in these piston cores (10 m+ long) was conducted on separated grain mounts or thin sections of impregnated sediments. By the late 1960s a simpler technique of examining a mounted smear of the cored silt and clay size sediment on a microscope slide had become standard practice in American oceanographic institutions. This semi­ quantitative technique became the standard tool used in core description aboard Glomar Challenger through the 15 years of the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP), 1968-1983. Visual percentage estimates of biogenic and mineral components were made using petrologic micro­ scopes.

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will provide an essential reference source for core loggers, sedimentologists, marine geologists and geoscientists, working both in academia and in industry - Geological Magazine

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Godalming, UK

    R. G. Rothwell

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Minerals and Mineraloids in Marine Sediments

  • Book Subtitle: An Optical Identification Guide

  • Authors: R. G. Rothwell

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1133-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Elsevier Science Publishers Ltd 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-7002-7Published: 26 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-1133-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 282

  • Topics: Mineral Resources, Oceanography

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