Synopsis
Main Factors Controlling the Composition of Arenites.- Influence of Climate and Relief on Compositions of Sands Released at Source Areas.- Influence of Transport Processes and Basin Geometry on Sand Composition.- Local Morphologic Controls and Effects of Basin Geometry on Flow Processes in Deep Marine Basins.- Turbidite Systems and Their Relations to Depositional Sequences.- Diagenetic Processes That Affect Provenance Determinations in Sandstone.- Types of Porosity in Sandstones and Their Significance in Interpreting Provenance.- Provenance of Feldspathic Sandstones - the Effect of Diagenesis on Provenance Interpretations: A Review.- Optical Analyses of Arenites: Influence of Methodology on Compositional Results.- Special Topics.- Cathodoluminescence Microscopy as a Tool for Provenance Studies of Sandstones.- Environmental Interpretation of Quartz Grain Surface Textures.- Reading Provenance from Detrital Quartz.- Heavy Minerals in Provenance Studies.- Significance of Green Particles (Glaucony, Berthierine, Chlorite) in Arenites.- Global Synthesis on Modern and Ancient Marine Sands.- Reading Provenance from Modern Marine Sands.- Interpreting Provenance Relations from Detrital Modes of Sandstones.- Index of Names.
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