Authoritative accessible and updated introduction to sedimentary rocks for undergraduate
students Sedimentary Petrology provides readers with a concise account of sedimentary rock
composition mineralogy texture structure diagenesis and depositional environments. The new
edition of this classic text incorporates the many technological and analytical advances of the
last decade revealing exciting details of processes such as microbial precipitation how
microporosity is created within mudrocks and the chemical composition of foraminifera deposits
which can be a key indicator for changing seawater temperature. This fourth edition offers a
comprehensive update and expansion of the previous editions with a new set of illustrations
new references and further reading. The new co-author Stuart Jones has brought his
considerable expertise in clastic sedimentology to the rewritten chapters on sandstones and
mudrocks. The addition of color images throughout the text will aid students immensely in their
studies and petrographic fieldwork. Sample topics covered in Sedimentary Petrology include: *
Advances in modeling and programming to simulate depositional-diagenetic conditions and
controls which support field-lab descriptions and interpretations * Ocean acidification and the
demise of coral reefs and the role of the oceans in carbon capture and storage * Sedimentary
ironstones and iron-formations sedimentary phosphate deposits coal oil shale and petroleum
and cherts and siliceous sediments * Limestones evaporites volcaniclastic sediments
sandstones conglomerates breccias and the effects of microplastics on marine organisms Aimed
at undergraduates in geology and earth science Sedimentary Petrology is an excellent teaching
and learning resource for introductory courses in sedimentary rocks.
