Paleoenvironmental record and applications of calcretes and palustrine carbonates

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Label

Paleoenvironmental record and applications of calcretes and palustrine carbonates

Statement of responsibility

edited by Ana María Alonso-Zarza, Lawrence H. Tanner

Contributor

• Alonso-Zarza, Ana María, 1962-
• Tanner, Lawrence H

Subject

• Calcretes
• Carbonate rocks
• Paleopedology

Language

eng

Summary

"This volume presents current understanding of the mechanisms and environments of the formation of calcretes and palustrine carbonates. Through a series of specific field examples, papers in this volume illustrate the wide variety of potential applications of these types of deposits. The papers presented here cover a wide array of ages and environmental settings of calcrete and palustrine deposition and include many interesting applications, such as the climatic and geomorphic controls on calcrete formation, possible modern analogues for palustrine carbonates, the interplay between palustrine, pedogenic, and diagenetic processes, the utility of radio-isotopic methods for dating pedogenic carbonates, applications to understanding landscape evolution, and reconstruction of diagenetic sequences. The result is a state-of-the-art book on these deposits so common in the geological record and in recent environments."--Publisher's website

Member of

• Special papers (Geological Society of America), 416

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

552/.58

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

no index present

LC call number

QE471.15.C27

LC item number

P35 2006

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Special paper

Series volume

416