Flugel E. Microfacies of carbonate rocks. Analysis, Interpretation and Application

Springer, 2004. — 976 р.This unparalleled reference synthesizes the methods used in microfacies analysis and details the potential of microfacies in evaluating depositional environments and diagenetic history, and, in particular, the application of microfacies data in the study of carbonate hydrocarbon reservoirs and the provenance of archaeological materials.New Perspectives in Microfacies
The Microfacies Concept
New Perspectives
Carbonate Depositional EnvironmentsCarbonate Sediments Originate on Land and in the Sea
Classification of Marine Environments
Review of Modem Carbonate Depositional Environments
Microfacies Analysis
Methods
Field Work and Sampling
Laboratory Work: Techniques
Microfacies Data: Matrix and Grains
Fine-Grained Carbonate Matrix: Micrite Microspar Calcisiltite
Carbonate Grains
Morphometry of Carbonate Grains
Microfacies Data: Fabrics
Depositional and Diagenetic Fabrics
Discontinuity Surfaces: From Microfacies to Sequence Stratigraphy
Syn- and Postdepositional Features: Fissures Veins Breccias
Quantitative Microfacies Analysis
Grain-Size Analysis
Frequency Analysis of Microfacies Data
Multivariate Microfacies Studies
Diagenesis Porosity and Dolomitization
Carbonate Mineralogy and Diagenetic Processes
Major Diagenetic Environments
Porosity of Carbonate Rocks
Pore-Filling Processes: Cementation
Diagenetic Textures
Neomorphic Processes: Alteration and Recrystallization
Sparite: Recrystallization Product or Carbonate Cement?
Dolomitization and Dedolomitization
Metamorphic Carbonate and Marbles
Classification A Name for Your Sample
Basicconcepts
Reef Limestones and Microbial Carbonates (Autochthonous Carbonates)
Classifications Based on Depositional Texture
Specific Classifications
Classification of Mixed Siliciclastic-CarbonateR ocks
A Name for Your Samples: Some Practical Advice
Limestones are Biological Sediments
Microbial Carbonates and Stromatolites
Biogenic Encrustations
Bioerosion Boring and Grazing Organisms
Practical Advice: How to Describe Microbialites and Stramotolites, Biogenic Ecrustations and Borings?
Fossils in Thin Section: It is Not That Difficult
Specifics of Thin-Sections Fossils
Diagnostic Criteria of Fossils in Thin Sections
Biozonation of Platforms with Thin-Section Fossils
Where to Look for Thin-Section Pictures of Fossils and Microfacies Types
Microfacies Interpretation
Summarizing Microfacies Criteria: Microfacies Types
MFT Concepts
How to Differentiate Meaningful Microfacies Types
Making Microfacies Types
Recognizing Paleoenvironmental Conditions
Reconstructing Environmental Constraints
Estimating Paleoclimatic Conditions: Grain Association Analysis
Assessing Water Depths
Integrated Facies Analysis
Non-Carbonate Constituents
Geochemical Proxies
Organic Matter in Carbonate Rocks
Depositional Models Facies Zones and Standard Microfacies
Depositional Facies Models
Biotic Zonation Patterns
Standard Microfacies Types (SMF)
Dynamic Microfacies Types and Environmental Changes
Basin Analysis: Recognizing Depositional Settings
Pedogenic carbonates
Paleokarst and Ancient Speleothems
Travertine Calcareous Tufa and Calcareous Sinter
Lacustrine and Palustrine Carbonates
Peritidal Carbonates
Carbonate Platforms and Ramps
Platform-Slope-Basin Transects
Pelagic Deep-Marine Carbonates
Realizing Depositional Constraints and Processes
Cyclic Carbonates Microfacies and Sequence Stratigraphy
Understanding Reef Carbonates
Fingerprinting Lost Platforms
Recognizing Ancient Cool-Water Carbonates
Testing for Ancient Vent and Seep Carbonates
Mixed Carbonate-Siliciclastic Settings and Limestonehlarl Sequences
Secular Variations in Carbonate Depositional Patterns and Temporal Changes in Microfacies Criteria
Practical Use of Microfacies
Reservoir Rocks and Host Rocks
Carbonate Hydrocarbon Reservoirs
Carbonate-Hosted Mineral Deposits
Carbonate Rock Resources Facies Weathering Preservation
Industrial Use of Carbonate Rocks
Exploration and Exploitation of Carbonate Rocks
Facies and Physical-Chemical Properties of Carbonate Rocks
Weathering Decay and Preservation of Carbonate Rocks
Microfacies and Archaeology
Questions and Methods
Buildingstones
Mosaic Material
WorksofArt
Ceramics
Marble Studies
Antony and Cleopatra: Tracing a Famous Love Affair
Appendix
Answers to Exercises
Looking at the Attached CD
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