This unparelleled reference synthesizes the methods used in microfacies analysis and details the potential of microfacies in evaluating depositional environments and diagenetic history, and, in particular, the application of microfacies data in the study of carbonate hydrocarbon reservoirs and the provenance of archaeological materials. Nearly 230 instructive plates (30 in color) showing thin-section photographs with detailed explanations form a central part of the content. Helpful teaching-learning aids include detailed captions for hundreds of microphotographs, boxed summaries of technical terms, many case studies, guidelines for the determination and evaluation of microfacies criteria, for enclosed CD with 14000 references, self-testing exercises for recognition and characterization skills, and more
Author(s): Erik Flugel
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 1006
Cover......Page 1
Microfacies of Carbonate Rocks - Analysis, Interpretation
and Application (Second Edition)......Page 2
1 New Perspectives in Microfacies......Page 23
2 Carbonate Depositional Environments......Page 29
3 Methods......Page 75
4 Microfacies Data: Matrix and Grains......Page 95
5 Microfacies Data: Fabrics......Page 199
6 Quantitative Microfacies Analysis......Page 265
7 Diagenesis, Porosity, and Dolomitization......Page 289
8 Classification – A Name for Your Sample......Page 361
9 Limestones are Biological Sediments......Page 391
10 Fossils in Thin Section: It is Not That Difficult......Page 421
11 Summarizing Microfacies Criteria: Microfacies Types......Page 597
12 Recognizing Paleoenvironmental Conditions......Page 609
13 Integrated Facies Analysis......Page 663
14 Depositional Models, Facies Zones and Standard Microfacies......Page 679
15 Basin Analysis: Recognizing Depositional Settings......Page 747
16 Realizing Depositional Constraints and Processes......Page 825
17 Reservoir Rocks and Host Rocks......Page 899
18 Carbonate Rock Resources, Facies, Weathering, Preservation......Page 917
19 Microfacies and Archaeology......Page 925
20 Adding Some Samples, by Axel Munnecke......Page 938
APPENDIX......Page 947
Index......Page 951
