Authors
Dana S Ulmer-Scholle, Peter A Scholle, Juergen Schieber, Robert J Raine
Publication date
2014
Volume
109
Publisher
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Description
This book covers the microscopic study of sandstones, mudstones and associated lithologies but excludes carbonate rocks which were covered in AAPG Memoir 77 (Scholle and Ulmer-Scholle, 2003). Sandstone petrography, and sedimentary petrography in general, is considered by many to be a science in decline. As a consequence, it is being taught at fewer universities, or at least commonly is subsumed into broader petrology or sedimentology classes, where it receives less time and less focus.
In reality, however, the petrography of clastic terrigenous rocks remains a vital area of study, contributing to both academic and applied economic discoveries. It is a science in transition, however. In the mid-20th century, the research focus was largely on the use of textural properties to define mechanisms of transport, environments of deposition and the use of grain identification and rock classification to shed light on …
Scholar articles
DS Ulmer-Scholle, PA Scholle, J Schieber, RJ Raine - 2014