Petrology of Sedimentary Rocks » (2nd Edition)

Sam Boggs Jr received his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado and worked in the petroleum industry for a number of years before joining the University of Oregon, where he taught sedimentology and related subjects for more than 30 years, and where he continues his research in sedimentary petrology as a professor emeritus. He has also worked part-time as a research geologist for the U. S. Geological Survey. Professor Boggs is a member of the Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM), the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, and the Geological Society of America. He is the author of two other books for Cambridge University Press -Backscattered Scanning Electron Microscopy and Image Analysis of Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks (1998) and Application of Cathodoluminescence Imaging to the Study of Sedimentary Rocks (2006)], as well as the author of four other books.

Advanced textbook outlining the physical, chemical, and biological properties of sedimentary rocks through petrographic microscopy, geochemical techniques, and field study.

Ch. 1 Origin, classification, and occurrence of sedimentary rocks 3

Ch. 2 Sedimentary textures 21

Ch. 3 Sedimentary structures 63

Ch. 4 Sandstones 111

Ch. 5 Conglomerates 165

Ch. 6 Mudstones and shales 194

Ch. 7 Provenance of siliciclastic sedimentary rocks 220

Ch. 8 Diagenesis of sandstones and shales 268

Ch. 9 Limestones 313

Ch. 10 Dolomites 382

Ch. 11 Diagenesis of carbonate rocks 408

Ch. 12 Evaporites, cherts, iron-rich sedimentary rocks, and phosphorites 461

Ch. 13 Carbonaceous sedimentary rocks 527

References 556

Index 596