ABSTRACT

This edition retains the case history approach to emphasize the subsurface diagnosis of environments using seismic and geophysical well logs and their application to petroleum exploration and production. This book should be of interest to undergraduates in sedimentology and petroleum geology.

chapter 1|31 pages

Concepts and methods

chapter 2|35 pages

Methods of environmental interpretation

chapter 3|28 pages

River deposits

chapter 4|24 pages

Wind-blown deposits

chapter 5|13 pages

Lake deposits

chapter 6|39 pages

Deltas

chapter 7|19 pages

Linear terrigenous shorelines

chapter 8|15 pages

Mixed terrigenous: carbonate shorelines

chapter 9|13 pages

Terrigenous shelf sediments

chapter 10|15 pages

Carbonate shelves

chapter 11|26 pages

Reefs

chapter 12|32 pages

Deep water sands

chapter 13|14 pages

Pelagic deposits