Foraminifera range from the Cambrian to Recent. Most of the Lower and Middle Palaeozoic forms…

Carbonate minerals consist of CO2− 3 and one or more cations. The most common cations…

The oil industry has a practical need to be able to predict the properties of…

It is important to distinguish between sandstones of different primary composition: Volcanoclastic sandstones may vary…

Meteoric water is rainwater which infiltrates the ground. Initially this water is distilled water and…

Bioturbation plays an important role in changing the textural composition of the sediments after deposition.…

Igneous and metamorphic rocks which have been formed at many km depth at higher temperatures…

A number of minerals are referred to as clay minerals because they predominantly occur in…

A number of elements occur in nature as different isotopes: the atomic number (protons) is…

The composition and physical properties of sedimentary rocks are to a large extent controlled by…