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RECORD NUMBER: 624 OF 3326Main Title | Evaporites: Sediments, Resources and Hydrocarbons [electronic resource] / | ||||
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Type | EBOOK | ||||
Author | Warren, John K. | ||||
Publisher | Springer Berlin Heidelberg, | ||||
Year Published | 2006 | ||||
ISBN | 9783540323440 | ||||
Subjects | Geology ; Sedimentology | ||||
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Collation | XVI, 1035 p. 654 illus. online resource. | ||||
Notes | Due to license restrictions, this resource is available to EPA employees and authorized contractors only |
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Contents Notes | 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. The monograph offers a comprehensive discussion of the role of evaporites in hydrocarbon generation and trapping. For the first time, diverse knowledge on exploitable salts has been assembled and organized, along with a summary of evaporate karst hazards as well as a summary of exploitative methods and pitfalls in dealing with evaporites in conventional and solution mining. Written by a field specialist in research and exploration, the book presents a comprehensive synthesis of the low temperature realm of evaporite evolution. It is aimed for earth science professionals, sedimentologists, oil and gas explorers, mining geologists, as well as environmental geologists. |