Calcretes

Calcretes are an important component of many ancient fluvial,
lacustrine and shallow-marine carbonate sequences, and they are
widely developed in many parts of the world at the present time.
Calcretes are useful to the earth scientist involved in
reconstructing ancient environments, palaeoclimates and
palaeographics, and they may also reveal details of soil biota and
chemistry. Over the last two decades the journal
Sedimentology has published a number of articles on this
subject and a compilation of them is presented here. In addition to
the five main sections, this volume also includes an introduction
to the subject that offers a review of recent work on calcretes.
The collection of papers illustrates the range of calcrete
occurrences and the great variety of textures and fabrics. This
volume is authored and edited by experts and will serve as more
than an introduction to the subject for geologists, soil scientists
and geographers.

If you are a member of the International Association of
Sedimentologists, for purchasing details, please see:
http://www.iasnet.org/publications/details.asp?code=RP2

Auteur

V. Paul Wright is the editor of Calcretes, published by Wiley.

Maurice Edwin Tucker is a leading 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.

Résumé
Calcretes are an important component of many ancient fluvial, lacustrine and shallow-marine carbonate sequences, and they are widely developed in many parts of the world at the present time. Calcretes are useful to the earth scientist involved in reconstructing ancient environments, palaeoclimates and palaeographics, and they may also reveal details of soil biota and chemistry. Over the last two decades the journal Sedimentology has published a number of articles on this subject and a compilation of them is presented here. In addition to the five main sections, this volume also includes an introduction to the subject that offers a review of recent work on calcretes. The collection of papers illustrates the range of calcrete occurrences and the great variety of textures and fabrics. This volume is authored and edited by experts and will serve as more than an introduction to the subject for geologists, soil scientists and geographers.

If you are a member of the International Association of Sedimentologists, for purchasing details, please see: http://www.iasnet.org/publications/details.asp?code=RP2

Contenu
Quaternary calcretes. Biological activity of calcrete fabrics.

Biological activity and laminar calcretes.

Aspects of calcrete petrography.

Calcretes and palustrine carbonates