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Table of contents (15 chapters)

Front Matter

Pages i-viii

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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
Special Topics
1. Cathodoluminescence Microscopy as a Tool for Provenance Studies of Sandstones
  
  Albert Matter, Karl Ramseyer
  
  Pages 191-211
2. Environmental Interpretation of Quartz Grain Surface Textures
  
  David Krinsley, Patrick Trusty
  
  Pages 213-229
3. Reading Provenance from Detrital Quartz
  
  Abhijit Basu
  
  Pages 231-247
4. Heavy Minerals in Provenance Studies
  
  Andrew C. Morton
  
  Pages 249-277
5. Significance of Green Particles (Glaucony, Berthierine, Chlorite) in Arenites
  
  G. S. Odin
  
  Pages 279-307
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
Back Matter

Pages 363-408

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

G. G. Zuffa

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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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Main Factors Controlling the Composition of Arenites

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Global Synthesis on Modern and Ancient Marine Sands

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

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