An exciting new development in sedimentary geology is the interpretation of depositional, diagenetic and hydrothermal temperatures. The formation of coal, oil, gas and mineral deposits depends on this diagenetic temperature change. This book presents a very brief summary of field, sedimentological and isotopic characteristics of modern and ancient cold to warm polar, temperate and tropical sediments and their diagenetic and hydrothermal alteration in 3 easy to read chapters . Afterwards, the sedimentary textures indicative of cold, cool, warm and hot temperatures are illustrated, using field, petrographic and cathodoluminescence colour photographs and some SEM photos. There are, in all approximately 161 colour photographs, some SEM photos and numerous line drawings.
Sedimentary rocks contain valuable resources of oil, gas and mineral deposits.
Exploration for resources is dependent on our understanding of the temperatures involved at the time of deposition, diagenesis and hydrothermal alteration. Textures of cold to hot water diagenetic and hydrothermal alteration in sedimentary rocks are also illustrated. Significant differences are shown to exist between cold, cool, warm and hot water textures, that will enable differentiation of similar ranges of temperatures in ancient sedimentary rocks and the discovery of new resources. The style of the book is intended to enable easy understanding of concepts and differences between cold, cool, warm and hot textures. Sedimentary Textures is designed for use by advanced undergraduate and graduate students, research workers, exploration geologists and academics.