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His book Petrology of Sedimentary Rocks, based on his course notes for graduate students, first appeared in 1957, went through 6 editions, and was revised periodically until 1980. [ 1 ] In 1973 Robert Folk, with his wife and daughter, spent six months in Italy, where he was a visiting professor at the University of Milan, upon the invitation of ...
Energy: petroleum geology relies on the capacity of sedimentary rocks to generate deposits of petroleum oils. Coal and oil shale are found in sedimentary rocks. A large proportion of the world's uranium energy resources are hosted within sedimentary successions. Groundwater: sedimentary rocks contain a large proportion of the Earth's ...
Maurice Edwin Tucker (born 6 November 1946) is a British sedimentologist, specialising in the field of carbonate sedimentology, more commonly known as limestones.From 1993 to 2011 he held the position of Professor of Geological Sciences at the University of Durham, and from 1998 to 2011 was Master of University College, Durham.
Lacustrine deposits have gained more attention recently due to containing valuable source rocks of oil, coal, and uranium. Lacustrine deposits generally provide productive mining conditions but can prove challenging when underground mines are attempted due to the poor shear strength of clays and silts as well as the amount of moisture often locked in the layers due to a low permeability ...
The Society for Sedimentary Geology is an international not-for-profit, scientific society based in the US state of Oklahoma. It is commonly referred to by its acronym SEPM , which refers to its former name, the Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists .
In structural geology, inversion or basin inversion relates to the relative uplift of a sedimentary basin or similar structure [example needed] as a result of crustal shortening. This normally excludes uplift developed in the footwalls of later extensional faults , or uplift caused by mantle plumes .
Sedimentary Geology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal about sediments in a geological context published by Elsevier. About its scope the journal states it ranges "from techniques of sediment analysis to geodynamical aspects of sedimentary-basin evolution.".
The postdepositional character of dish structure can sometimes clearly be seen in cut or displaced primary sedimentary structures (like convolute-laminated beds). During the dewatering process less permeable horizons (richer in small grain sizes like dispersed mud) act as barriers to upward flow; the flow is consequently forced sideways until ...