This special publication Perspectives in Carbonate Geology is a collection ofpapers most of which were presented at a symposium to honor the 80th birthdayof Bob Ginsburg at the meeting of Geological Society of America in Salt Lake City in 2005. The majority of the papers in this publication are connected with the study of modern carbonate sediments. Bob Ginsburg pioneered the concept of comparative sedimentology - that is using the modern to compare to and relate to and understand the ancient. These studies are concerned with Bob's areasof passion: coral reefs and sea-level; submarine cementation and formation ofbeach rock; surface sediments on Great Bahama Bank and other platforms; origin of ooids; coastal sediments; formation of stromatolites; impact of storms onsediments; and the formation of dolomite. The remainder of the papers apply the study of modern environments and sedimentary processes to ancient sediments
- ISBN: 978-1-4051-9380-1
- Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 384
- Fecha Publicación: 20/03/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés