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Title Quaternary carbonate and evaporite sedimentary facies and their ancient analogues [electronic resource] : a tribute to Douglas James Shearman / edited by Christopher G. St. C. Kendall and Abdulrahman Alsharhan.

Imprint Chichester, U.K. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.

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Description xiii, 478 p. : ill., maps (some col.).
Series Special publication / International Association of Sedimentologists ; no. 43
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents pt. 1. Recent carbonate and evaporite sediments -- pt. 2. Geochemistry of recent carbonate and evaporite sediments -- pt. 3. Ancient carbonates and evaporites.
Summary "This volume commemorates the eclectic research of Douglas James Shearman into evaporites, which was initiated by his studies of the prograding UAE coastal sabkhas or salt flats that incorporate evaporite minerals which displace and replace earlier carbonate sediments. His subsequent proselytization of the study of ancient evaporites in sedimentary sections all over the world led to fundamental advances in our understanding of arid zone carbonate sedimentology. The papers presented here are based on presentations made in Abu Dhabi, UAE 12-14th October 2004 and 7th -8th November 2006. They provide a retrospective from the 1960's and 70's of Holocene evaporites and carbonates, recapturing Shearman's contribution by revisiting the Holocene coastal evaporite and carbonate sediments of the Arabian/Persian Gulf from Abu Dhabi, Qatar, and Oman. The first set of papers considers these sediments from the perspective of their coastal geomorphology, sedimentary character and their geochemistry. Later papers examine the significance of these settings in the ancient geological section world-wide, including examples from the Mesozoic-Cenozoic of the Moroccan Atlantic margin and the Upper Jurassic Arab Formation of the Arabian Gulf"-- Provided by publisher.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Carbonate rocks -- Persian Gulf Coast (Persian Gulf States)
Evaporites -- Persian Gulf Coast (Persian Gulf States)
Facies (Geology) -- Persian Gulf Coast (Persian Gulf States)
Geology, Stratigraphic -- Quaternary.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Shearman, Douglas James, 1918-2003.
Kendall, Christopher G. St. C.
Alsharhan, A. S.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781444339109 (hbk.)
9781444392319
9781444392302 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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