Sandstone Depositional Environments

Sandstone Depositional Environments extensively covers the study of clastic depositional environments. While much of the existing literature on this topic caters to specialists and contains highly technical details about hydrodynamics and sediment movement, this volume specifically targets non-sedimentologists, petroleum geologists, and field geologists who need to apply knowledge of depositional environments in facies analysis and interpretation.

To that end, the “Sandstone Depositional Environments” book contains abundant illustrated examples of sedimentary structures in color. Rather than focusing on mechanisms behind sediment transport, the text emphasizes recognizing depositional environments based on assemblages of sedimentary structures and facies patterns. Although individual structures do not reliably indicate specific environments, suites of structures, together with grain size trends, lithology, related sediments, vertical stacking patterns, and sand body geometry, can reveal depositional settings in outcrop and subsurface data. Under this concept of using sedimentary structures, we also consider primary features, trace fossils, early diagenetic attributes, 3D facies relationships, and large-scale sand body architecture – all criteria highlighted throughout Sandstone Depositional Environments.

A classic reference book designed for the petroleum geologist, field geologist, or sedimentologist, this volume emphasizes the importance of environmental analysis to exploration and production. Illustrated with over 500 color photos and diagrams of sedimentary structures and depositional models. Companion to Memoir 33.American Association Of Petroleum Engineers (AAPG) Founded in 1917, we are the world’s largest professional geological society, with over 30,000 members.We are a pillar of the world-wide scientific community. Our books foster scientific research, advance the science of geology and promote the most effective use of petroleum extraction & processing technology and practice.Some of the areas we publish in include: GIS, Petroleum Engineering Well Log Analysis, Geological Modeling, Carbonate Petrology, Seismic Imaging, Reservoir Characterization, Regional Petroleum Analysis.

Contents

• Introduction
• Characteristic Features of Glacial Sediments
• Introduction to Eolian Deposits
• Alluvial Fan Deposits
• Lacustrine and Associated Clastic Depositional Environments
• Fluvial Facies Models and Their Application
• Deltaic Environments of Deposition
• Estuarine Deposits
• Tidal Flats and Associated Tidal Channels
• Barrier-Island and Strand-Plain Facies
• Continental Shelf and Epicontinental Seaways
• Characteristics of Sediments on Modern and Ancient Continental Slopes
• Sedimentology of Submarine Fans