This book offers a comprehensive review of the entire field of taphonomy, the science of
fossil preservation. It describes the formation of plant and animal fossils in oceanic …

Existing interpretations of cement textures and isotopic compositions may significantly under-
estimate the depth and duration of concretionary growth. Minus-cement porosities can …

Authoritative, accessible, and updated introduction to sedimentary rocks for undergraduate
students Sedimentary Petrology provides readers with a concise account of sedimentary …

The spatial and temporal distribution of diagenetic alterations in siliciclastic sequences is
controlled by a complex array of interrelated parameters that prevail during eodiagenesis …

Data on the carbon and oxygen isotopic composition of the carbonate sediments, limestones
and calcite cements are compiled and reviewed, and an elementary exposition of the factors …

Comparative taphonomy, the study of differential fossil preservation, includes aspects of
biostratinomy and early diagenesis that can be related to marine sedimentary environments …

Limestones that have been subjected to overburden or tectonic stress can be expected to
have changed by some combination of deformation (plastic or brittle), neomorphism (as …

A review of the processes required for exceptional preservation of soft-bodied fossils
demonstrates that anoxia does not significantly inhibit decay and emphasizes the …

Coal measures often contain concretions; segregations of diagenetic minerals originally
formed within unconsolidated sediments. Three different types (calcite/pyrite, dolomite/pyrite …

Within compacting mudstone sequences several depth zones can be recognised in which
distinctive diagenetic reactions take place. Most striking are those involving carbonate …