The Monterey Formation

The Monterey Formation
Author: Caroline M. Isaacs
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 592
Release: 2001
Genre: Geology
ISBN: 9780231105859

Provides an extraordinary case study of a classic marine petroleum system in the prolific oil basins of California. Based on results from the Cooperative Monterey Organic Chemistry Study, the volume examines paleoenvironmental conditions, organic-matter deposition, source-rock characteristics, thermal maturation, and oil generation in the Monterey Formation.

Dolomites

Dolomites
Author: B. H. Purser
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 472
Release: 2009-04-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1444304089

This volume contains 23 state-of-the-art papers presented at the Dolomieu Conference on Carbonate Platforms and Dolomitization held in September 1991 in Ortisei, Italy. The conference was co-sponsored by the International Association of Sedimentologists (IAS) and the Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM), and marked the 200th anniversary of the 1791 paper by Deodat de Dolomieu describing dolomite in detail for the first time. The papers presented do not aim to give a complete review of the current state of the dolomitic art, but rather discuss important advances and gaps in our knowledge of dolomitization. State-of-the-art papers from worldwide experts. Includes basic science and economic applications.

Phosphate Deposits of the World: Volume 3, Neogene to Modern Phosphorites

Phosphate Deposits of the World: Volume 3, Neogene to Modern Phosphorites
Author: P. J. Cook
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 486
Release: 1986
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780521333702

The origin of marine phosphorites, the principal raw material for phosphatic fertilizers, appears to be related mainly to marine biological productivity, often associated with upwelling currents during certain intervals of geological time. This book examines the environmental setting and resulting phosphorites which formed during the Miocene period, and investigations of modern oceanic environments where phosphorites are presently forming are also described.

Siliceous, Phosphatic and Clauconitic Sediments of the Tertiary and Mesozoic

Siliceous, Phosphatic and Clauconitic Sediments of the Tertiary and Mesozoic
Author: Akihito Iijima
Publisher: VSP
Total Pages: 260
Release: 1994-04
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9789067641753

This Proceedings volume contains 14 papers from the symposium ''Siliceous, Phosphatic and Glauconitic Sediments of the Tertiary and Mesozoic'', which was held during the 29th International Geological Congress, Kyoto, Japan, 24 August--3 September, 1992. The first part of this volume consists of papers dealing with Tertiary biosiliceous sediments of the Pacific Rim, starting in the northwest. The second part of the volume is composed of papers dealing with Tertiary and Mesozoic phosphatic rocks and phosphatebearing sequences, in particular of the eastern Pacific Rim and the Middle East. The articles serve to emphasize the similarities and differences between the Pacific Neogene successions and the Tethyan Mesozoic sequences of the Middle East.