Petrology of sedimentary rocks / Sam Boggs

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This book is aimed at advanced undergraduate and gradúate students. Some of the chapters are long and some of the topics are covered in greater detail than may be typical for undergraduate texts. The book provides something for both undergraduates and grad-uates, and it is complete enough in itself so that instructors need not supply extensive reference material from other sources. This textbook is divided into four parts. Part 1 is introductory, and it furnishes some insight into the depositional basins and tectonic settings in which sedimentary rocks accumulate. Part 2 covers the siliciclastic sedimentary rocks and includes discussion of their composition, classification, petrographic charac-teristics, provenance, and diagenesis. Part 3 discusses the carbonate rocks. It describes the special characteristics of limestones and dolomites and discusses their classification, origin, and diagenesis. Part 4 deals with the remaining chemical/biochemical sedimentary rocks (evaporites, cherts, iron-rich sedimentary rocks, phosphorites) and carbonaceous sedimentary rocks such as coals and oil shales