Sedimentation of Organic Particles [Paperback]

This book looks at the sedimentation of the organic material found in sedimentary rocks.This book deals with the sedimentation of the organic material found in sedimentary rocks. A valuable reference work for palynologists, sedimentologists, paleobiologists, and for professionals working in the hydrocarbons industries.This book deals with the sedimentation of the organic material found in sedimentary rocks. A valuable reference work for palynologists, sedimentologists, paleobiologists, and for professionals working in the hydrocarbons industries.This book presents research work on the sedimentation of components of palynofacies and details their importance for sequence stratigraphy and the interpretation of ancient biologic and geologic environments. After a comprehensive introduction, later chapters look at palynosedimentation in modern environments, the reconstruction of terrestrial vegetation, the application of the data to sequence stratigraphy and several chapters deal with various quantitative methods and their specific applications in the subject.Part I. Introduction: 1. Sedimentation of palynomorphs and palynodebris: an introduction; Part II. Studies of Palynosedimentation in Modern Environments: A. Palynomorph sedimentation; 2. The sorting of spores and pollen by water: experimental and field evidence; 3. Transport and deposition of pollen in an estuary: signature of the landscape; 4. Pollen preservation in alkaline soils of the American Southwest; 5. Wind and water transport and sedimentation of miospores along two rivers subject to major floods and entering the Mediterranean Sea at Calvi (Corsica, France); 6. Sedimentation of land-derived palynomorphs in the Trinity-Galveston Bay area, Texas; B. Palynofacies and palynodebris sedimentation; 7. The genesis and sedimentation of phytoclasts with examples from coastal environments; 8. Palynofacies of some recent marine sediments: the role of transportation; 9. Maceral palynofacies of the Louisiana deltaic pl#