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Minerals and mineraloids in marine sediments : an optical identification guide

Title
Minerals and mineraloids in marine sediments : an optical identification guide / R.G. Rothwell.
Author
Rothwell, R. G.
Publication
London ; New York : Elsevier Applied Science ; New York, NY, USA : Sole distributor in the USA and Canada, Elsevier Science Pub. Co., ©1989.

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Description
xiv, 279 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
Subject
  • Marine sediments
  • Mineralogy
  • mineralogy
  • Meeressediment
  • Mineralogie
  • Sédiments marins
  • Minéralogie
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
The mineralogy of marine sediments -- The composition of marine sediments -- Sediment classification -- Distribution of sediment types -- The abundance of minerals in marine sediments -- The smear slide method -- Minerals and Mineraloids Occurring in Marine Sediments -- Aragonite -- Barite -- Calcite -- Clay -- Dolomite -- Feldspar -- Ferromagnesian minerals -- Glauconite -- Gypsum (and anhydrite) -- Heavy minerals -- Iron Oxides -- Mica -- Micronodules (Fe-Mn oxides and hydroxides) -- Palagonite -- Pyrite -- Quartz -- Volcanic glass -- Zeolites -- Native elements -- Extraterrestrial material in marine sediments.
ISBN
  • 1851663827
  • 9781851663828
LCCN
89011612
OCLC
  • ocm19723437
  • 19723437
  • SCSB-1744278
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library