Evaporites : Sediments, Resources and Hydrocarbons


John K. Warren
Bok Engelsk 2006 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
Utgitt
Berlin : Springer , c2006
Omfang
1 online resource (1041 p.)
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - Interpreting evaporite texture -- Depositional chemistry and hydrology -- Sabkhas, saline mudflats and pans -- Subaqueous salts: salinas and perennial lakes -- Ancient basins and stratigraphic evolution -- Salt tectonics -- Karst, breccia, nodules and cement: Pointers to vanished evaporites -- Burial hydrology and chemistry -- Halotolerant life in feast or famine (a source of hydrocarbons and a fixer of metals) -- Oil and gas associations -- Evaporites as exploited mineral resources -- Solution mining and cavern use.. - Discussing the role of evaporites in hydrocarbon generation and trapping, this book presents information on exploitable salts, with a summary of evaporate karst hazards, and exploitative methods and pitfalls in dealing with evaporites in conventional and solution mining. It includes synthesis of the low temperature realm of evaporite evolution.
Emner
Sjanger
Dewey
ISBN
3540260110. - 9783540260110

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