Online Resource
Amsterdam :Elsevier Science & Technology,
Keywords:
Red beds.
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Sedimentary rocks.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
Continental Red Beds.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (577 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780080869421
Series Statement:
Issn Series ; v.Volume 29
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=404057
DDC:
552
Language:
English
Note:
Front Cover -- Continental Red Beds -- Copyright Page -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CHAPTER 1. THE GEOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK OF CONTINENTAL RED BEDS -- INTRODUCTION -- GEOSYNCLINES -- PLATE TECTONICS AND SEDIMENTATION -- THE TECTONIC SETTING OF ANCIENT CONTINENTAL RED BEDS -- THE CLIMATIC SETTING OF ANCIENT CONTINENTAL RED BEDS -- THE CLASSIFICATION OF ANCIENT CONTINENTAL RED BEDS -- CHAPTER 2. DESERT RED BEDS -- INTRODUCTION -- MODERN DESERT SEDIMENTS -- DESERT FLUVIAL SEDIMENTS -- AEOLIAN SAND DEPOSITS -- DESERT LAKES AND INLAND SABKHAS -- THE REDDENING OF DESERT SEDIMENTS -- ANCIENT AEOLIAN RED BEDS -- CONCLUSIONS AND FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 3. DELTA PLAIN RED BEDS -- INTRODUCTION -- DELTA MODELS -- DELTAIC FACIES ASSOCIATIONS -- DELTA GROWTH AND ABANDONMENT -- ANCIENT DELTAIC SUCCESSIONS -- RED BEDS IN ANCIENT DELTA PLAINS -- CONCLUSIONS AND FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 4. ALLUVIAL RED BEDS -- INTRODUCTION -- RIVER CHANNELS -- ALLUVIAL FANS -- PEBBLY BRAIDED RIVERS -- SANDY LOW-SINUOSITY RIVERS -- EPHEMERAL STREAM CHANNELS -- MEANDERING RIVERS -- RIVER BANKS AND FLOODPLAINS -- THE TRANSPORT OF IRON IN RECENT ALLUVIUM -- ANCIENT ALLUVIAL RED BEDS -- CONCLUSIONS AND FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 5. THE DIAGENESIS OF CONTINENTAL RED BEDS -- INTRODUCTION -- SANDSTONE DIAGENESIS -- THE MECHANICAL INFILTRATION OF DETRITAL CLAY -- DISSOLUTION OF FRAMEWORK SILICATES -- CLAY REPLACEMENT -- AUTHIGENIC MINERALS -- STAGES IN THE DIAGENESIS OF CONTINENTAL RED BEDS -- CHAPTER 6. THE MINERALOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF IRON OXIDES IN RED BEDS -- IRON OXIDE MINERALS -- OPAQUE OXIDES IN RED BEDS -- PRECIPITATION AND STABILITY OF FERRIC OXYHYDROXIDES -- ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS ON THE PRECIPITATION AND DIAGENETIC HISTORY OF FERRIC OXYHYDROXIDE S -- POST-DEPOSITIONAL INFLUENCE OF GROUNDWATER ON THE MINERALOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF RED BEDS.
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IRON CONTENT OF ANCIENT RED BEDS -- CONCLUSIONS AND FURTHER READING -- CHAPTER 7. THE MAGNETIZATION OF CONTINENTAL RED BEDS -- INTRODUCTION -- MINERAL MAGNETISM -- MAGNETIZATION PROCESSES IN SEDIMENTS -- THE MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF CONTINENTAL RED BEDS -- CHAPTER 8. THE PALAEOMAGNETISM OF CONTINENTAL RED BEDS -- INTRODUCTION -- PROTEROZOIC BASINS OF WESTERN CANADA -- THE LATE PRECAMBRIAN OF NORTH WEST SCOTLAND -- THE OLD RED SANDSTONE -- TRIASSIC RED BEDS OF THE WESTERN USA -- LATE CENOZOIC RED BEDS OF BAJA CALIFORNIA -- THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DIAGENESIS AND PALAEOMAGNETISM IN CONTINENTAL RED BEDS -- REFERENCES -- SUBJECT INDEX.
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