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Carbonate cements are very common and abundant in clastic sequences. They profoundly influence the quality of hydrocarbon reservoirs and supply important information on palaeoenvironments and the chemical composition and flow patterns of fluids in sedimentary basins. Despite this importance, their distribution patterns in time and space and their geochemical evolution are not yet deeply explored and elucidated. This Special Publication contains 21 review papers and case studies on carbonate cementation in clastic sequences written by invited specialists on the subject. These papers present a wide and deep coverage that enhance our knowledge about carbonate cementation in various clastic depositional environments, tectonic settings and burial histories. The book will be of special interest to researchers, petroleum geologists and teachers and students at the postgraduate level. If you are a member of the International Association of Sedimentologists, for purchasing details, please see: http://www.iasnet.org/publications/details.asp?code=SP26
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CARBONATE CEMENTATION IN SANDSTONES Carbonate Cementation in Sandstones Edited by Sadoon Morad © 1998 The International Association of Sedimentologists ISBN: 978-0-632-04777-2 SPECIAL PUBLICATION NUMBER 26 OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SEDIMENTOLOGISTS Carbonate Cementation in Sandstones DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS AND GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION EDITED BY SADOON MORAD b Blackwell Science � 1998 The International Association of Sedimentologists published by Blackwell Science Ltd Editorial Offices: Osney Mead. Oxford OX2 OEL DISTRIBUTORS Marston Book Services Ltd PO Box 269 Abingdon, Oxon OXI4 4YN (Orders: 23 Ainslie Place. Edinburgh EH3 6AJ 350 Main Street. Malden MA 02148 5018. USA 54 University Street. Carlton Victoria 3053. Australia I 0. rue Casimir Delavigne Tel: 01235 465500 Fax: 01235 465555) 25 John Street, London WC IN 2BL USA Blackwell Science, Inc. Commerce Place 350 Main Street Malden, MA 02148 5018 (Orders: Tel: 75006 Paris, France 800 759 6102 781 388 8250 Fax: 781 388 8255) Other Editorial Offices: Blackwell Wissenschafts-Verlag GmbH Kurfllrstendamm 57 I 0707 Berlin, Germany Blackwell Science KK MG Kodenmacho Building 7-10 Kodenmacho Nihombashi Chuo-ku. Tokyo I 04, Japan The right of the Authors to be identified as the Authors of this Work Canada Login Brothers Book Company 324 Saulteaux Crescent Winnipeg, Manitoba R3J 3T2 (Orders: Tel: 204 224-4068) Australia Blackwell Science Pty Ltd 54 University Street Carlton, Victoria 3053 Tel: 3 9347 0300 (Orders: Fax: 3 9347 5001) has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright. Designs and Patents Act 1988. A catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library All rights reserved. No pan of this publication may be reproduced, ISBN 0-632-04975-8 stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted. in any form or by any Library of Congress means, electronic, mechanical. Cataloging-in-publication Data photocopying, recording or otherwise, except as permitted by the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. without the prior permission of the copyright owner. First published 1998 Set by Semantic Graphics, Singapore Printed and bound in Great Britain at the University Press, Cambridge Carbonate cementation in sandstones/ edited by Sadoon Morad. p. ·em. - (Special publication number 26 of the International Association of Sedimentologists) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-632-0497 5-8 I. Sandstone. 2. Cementation (Petrology) 3. Rocks, Carbonate. I. Morad. Sadoon.