Beschreibung:
Shale, the most abundant sedimentary rock, has been studied in many ways in different disciplines, but this book provides the first elementary overview of the field that is intended for those in related fields seeking an introduction and reference. Clear writing and analysis of the broad spectrum of processes that produce shale are coupled with well-captioned 150 illustrations, 40 tables, boxed technical details, glossary and appendices. The book enables readers to master the basics of shales and to dig yet deeper into their origin, practical implications and relationship to earth history. Key topics include the origin, transport of mud, sites of deposition, impact of bottom oxygen affects properties, shale at basin level, and uses. This concise overview will benefit and interest professionals, professors, and graduate students in geology, paleontology, petroleum geology and engineering, civil and environmental engineering, and city planners and architects. TOC:Mud Production Transport and Deposition Role of Oxygen Mud in Modern Envrionments Burial Provenance Stratigraphy of Shaly Basins Practicalities