Atlas of Quartz Sand Surface Textures

Informationen zum Autor fm.author_biographical_note1 fm.author_biographical_note2 Klappentext This comprehensive catalogue examines the many presences and absences found within the characteristics of different types of quartz grain sand. Zusammenfassung This 1973 comprehensive catalogue examines the many presences and absences found within the characteristics of different types of quartz grain sand. The focal point of this work is the numerous micrographs! selected specifically for their ability to demonstrate the many variations in the surface textures of quartz grain sand. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I. Introduction: 1. Review of previous applications; 2. The scanning electron microscope; 3. Preparation of samples; 4. The interpretation of quartz grain surface features; 5. Experimental investigations; Bibliography; Summary index table; Part II. Micrographs: 7. Source materials; 8. Diagenesis; 9. Glacial environments; 10. Loess; 11. Subaqueous environments; 12. Glacial subaqueous environments combined; 13. Aeolian environments; 14. High-energy chemical environments; 15. Experimental investigations.

Product details

• Authors: Krinsley David H., John C. Doornkamp, Doornkamp John C., David H. Krinsley, David H. Doornkamp Krinsley, Krinsley David H.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.06.2011
• EAN: 9780521169141
• ISBN: 978-0-521-16914-1
• No. of pages: 102
• Series: Cambridge Earth Science; Cambridge Earth Science Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, Petrology, Petrology, petrography and mineralogy