Provenance of Arenites

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Influence of Climate and Relief on Compositions of Sands Released at Source Areas....Pages 1-18
Influence of Transport Processes and Basin Geometry on Sand Composition....Pages 19-45
Local Morphologic Controls and Effects of Basin Geometry on Flow Processes in Deep Marine Basins....Pages 47-63
Turbidite Systems and Their Relations to Depositional Sequences....Pages 65-93
Diagenetic Processes That Affect Provenance Determinations in Sandstone....Pages 95-113
Types of Porosity in Sandstones and Their Significance in Interpreting Provenance....Pages 115-137
Provenance of Feldspathic Sandstones — The Effect of Diagenesis on Provenance Interpretations: A Review....Pages 139-163
Optical Analyses of Arenites: Influence of Methodology on Compositional Results....Pages 165-189
Cathodoluminescence Microscopy as a Tool for Provenance Studies of Sandstones....Pages 191-211
Environmental Interpretation of Quartz Grain Surface Textures....Pages 213-229
Reading Provenance from Detrital Quartz....Pages 231-247
Heavy Minerals in Provenance Studies....Pages 249-277
Significance of Green Particles (Glaucony, Berthierine, Chlorite) in Arenites....Pages 279-307
Reading Provenance from Modern Marine Sands....Pages 309-332
Interpreting Provenance Relations from Detrital Modes of Sandstones....Pages 333-361
Back Matter....Pages 363-408