Libro de folk, 1954, petrologia sedimentaria

Author's Statement Petrology of Sedimentary Rocks is out of stock and out of print, and it will not be revised or reprinted. As the owner of the copyright, I have given the Walter Geology Library permission to provide access to the entire document on the World-Wide-Web for those who might want to refer to it or download a copy for their own use.

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Scanning by PetroK. Papazis. PDF conversion by Suk-Joo Choh, John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences Department of Geological Sciences The University of Texas at Austin ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fixed errors from Folk (1980) - on page 44, the missing fomula was added - on page 74, toward bottom of the page,Basri was replaced by Basu - on page 127, Lithic Arenite was replaced by Lithic Arkose in main ternary diagram

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OF CONTENTS

PAGE Introduction to Sedimentary Rocks ................ ................ Properties of Sedimentary Rocks. Grain Size ........................ ................... Particle Morphology. .............. Significance of Grain Morphology ........ Collection andPreparation of Samples for Analysis. ........................ Sampling. ........ Preparation of Samples for Grain-Size Analysis Separation of Sand from Mud ................ ........... Grain Size Scales and Conversion Tables ................. Grain Size Nomenclature. .......... Suggested Outline for Detailed Study of Texture ... Making Distribution Maps Showing Grain Size of Sediments ..................Size Analysis by Sieving ............... Size Analysis by Settling Tube .............. Pipette Analysis by Silt and Clay ............. Graphic Presentation .of Size Data. ............ Statistical Parameters of Grain Size. .... A Few Statistical Measures for Use in Sedimentary Petrology ................ Populations and Probability. ............ Mineral Composition of Sedimentary Rocks Quartz Chertand dpdl : : : ...................................... ................. Reworked Detrital Chert. ........................ Feldspar. ....................... Large Micas ............... Metamorphic Rock Fragments ............... Sedimentary Rock Fragments. ...................... Clay Minerals ..................... Heavy Minerals. .................... Carbonate Minerals .............. MiscellaneousChemical Minerals .................... Petrology of Sandstones. Krynine’s Theory of the Tectonic Control of Sandstone Properties ............ A Concinnity of Depositional Regions The New Global Tectonics Integrated with Classical Sedimentary Tectonics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... Genetic Code for Sandstones . . . . . . . . . ....... Mineralogical Classification of Sandstones . . ........ . ....... Preferred Combinations of Sedimentary Types Petrology of Mudrocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... Description and Nomenclature for Terrigenous Sedimen ts ...... Petrology of Carbonate Rocks . . . . . . . . . . . ....... Classif ication of Limestones . . . . . . . . . ....... Grain Size Scales for Carbonate Rocks. . . . . ....... Diagenesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........ Recrystallization, Inversion and Neomorphism . ....... Dolomites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ; 7 I2 15 I5 I6 19 23 24 30 31 32 34 34 39 41 50 54 63 66 ii: 82 87 88 89 90 95 98 99 01 09 I2 I5 21 24 31 46 48 157 I57 164 I 73 178 179

PREFACE

is by no means intended as a textbook on sediments. Rather,...