Terrigenous Clastic Depositional Systems Applications to Fossil Fuel and Groundwater Resources

Terrigenous Clastic Depositional Systems Applications to Fossil Fuel and Groundwater Resources / by William E. Galloway, David K. Hobday.

This second edition of Terrigenous Clastic Depositional Systems bridges the gap between process-related outcrop studies of sedimentary rocks and the three-dimensional subsurface world of the mineral fuel geologist and hydrogeologist. It remains unique in its focus on the application of subsurface fa...

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Main Authors: Galloway, William E. (Author), Hobday, David K. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1996.
Edition:2nd ed. 1996.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Sedimentology.
Geology.
Mineral resources.
Water pollution.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Fuel-Mineral Resource Base
  • Energy Resource Base
  • Relevance of Depositional Systems to Energy Resources
  • Applications in the Environmental Arena
  • 2 Approaches to Genetic Stratigraphic Analysis
  • Introduction: Depositional and Sediment Dispersal Systems
  • Applied Depositional System Analysis
  • Seismic Stratigraphy and Facies Analysis
  • Recognition of Depositional Systems: An Example
  • Base Level Change and Vertical Sequence
  • Integrated Depositional System Analysis
  • 3 Alluvial Fans
  • Processes Acting on Alluvial Fans
  • Spectrum of Alluvial Fan Systems
  • Fan Deltas
  • Ancient Alluvial Fan and Fan Delta Systems
  • Basin-Fill Architecture
  • Alluvial Fans Through Geologic Time
  • Resource Potential of Alluvial Fan Systems
  • 4 Fluvial Systems
  • Depositional Processes
  • Fluvial Environments and Facies
  • Spectrum of Fluvial Depositional Systems
  • Eroding Rivers: Stable Channel and Valley-Fill Systems
  • Fluvial Evolution Through Geologic Time
  • Ancient Fluvial Systems
  • 5 Delta Systems
  • Delta Process Framework
  • Delta Environments and Facies
  • Process Classification of Delta Systems
  • Fluvial-Dominated Deltas
  • Wave-Dominated Deltas
  • Tide-Dominated Deltas
  • Delta System Recognition
  • Delta System Stratigraphic Architecture
  • Evolution of Delta Systems
  • 6 Shore-Zone Systems
  • Spectrum of Shore-Zone Environments
  • Shore-Zone Processes
  • Shore-Zone Facies
  • Shore-Zone Depositional Systems
  • Stratigraphy of Shore-Zone Systems
  • Shore-Zone Systems Through Geologic Time
  • 7 Terrigenous Shelf Systems
  • Shelf Processes
  • Shelf Sediment Sources and Dispersal Patterns
  • Shelf Facies
  • Spectrum of Shelf Systems
  • Stratigraphic Architecture and Evolution of Shelf Systems
  • Shelf Systems in Marine Basin Fills
  • 8 Slope and Base-of-Slope Systems
  • Slope Processes
  • Bedding Architecture of Slope Systems
  • Slope Environments and Facies
  • Slope System Classification
  • Slope Systems in Time and Space
  • 9 Lacustrine Systems
  • Factors Controlling Lake Geometry and Hydrology
  • Stratification of the Water Column
  • Lacustrine Environments and Facies
  • Lacustrine Sequence Development
  • Lake Systems Through Geologic Time
  • 10 Eolian Systems
  • Supply and Transport of Eolian Sand
  • Eolian Bedforms and Structures
  • Biogenic Structures
  • Dune Types
  • Interdune Facie
  • Sand Sheets
  • Coastal Dune Fields
  • Interior Sand Seas (Ergs)
  • Eolian Sequences
  • Associations with Other Depositional Systems
  • Hydrocarbons and Minerals in Eolian Systems
  • 11 Depositional Systems and Facies Within a Sequence Stratigraphic Framework
  • Morphodynamics: Concepts of Regime and Grade Adjustment
  • Sequence Stratigraphic Paradigm
  • Lessons of the Quaternary — Stratigraphic Signature of High-Frequency, High-Amplitude Sea-Level Change
  • Depositional Systems and Sequences: Examples
  • Sequences in Other Kinds of Basins
  • Integration of Sequences, Systems, and Facies
  • 12 Depositional Systems and Basin Hydrology
  • Fundamentals of Groundwater Flow
  • Properties of the Aquifer Matrix
  • Geochemical Properties
  • Basin Geohydrology
  • Meteoric Flow Regime
  • Compactional and Thermobaric Systems
  • Hydrology of Depositional Systems
  • Example of a Confined Coastal Plain Aquifer System
  • Conclusion
  • 13 Coal and Coalbed Methane
  • Coal Through Geologic Time
  • Coal-Forming Depositional Environments
  • Coal Petrography and Paleoenvironment
  • Coal Rank
  • Cyclicity in Peat-Forming Environments and Coal-Bearing Strata
  • Depositional Systems and Coal
  • Geometry and Evolution of Coal Basins
  • Coal-Basin Resources
  • 14 Sedimentary Uranium
  • Uranium Ore Deposits
  • Classification of Uranium Deposits
  • Applications to Resource Evaluation, Exploration, and Development
  • 15 Petroleum
  • Distribution of Petroleum in Time and Space
  • Depositional Systems and Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production
  • Distribution of Petroleum in Depositional Systems
  • Example: Intracratonic Basin Depositional Systems and Hydrocarbon Occurrence
  • Example: Frio Depositional Systems, Northern Gulf Coast Basin
  • 16 Facies Characterization of Reservoirs and Aquifers
  • Types and Scales of Heterogeneity
  • Styles of Heterogeneity
  • Depositional Systems, Genetic Facies, and Fluid Flow
  • Sequence Stratigraphic Applications to Reservoir and Aquifer Characterization
  • Summary
  • References.

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