Early Diagenesis: A Theoretical Approach

by Robert A. Berner

Book Overview

Diagenesis refers to changes taking place in sediments after deposition. In a theoretical treatment of early diagenesis, Robert Berner shows how a rigorous development of the mathematical modeling of diagenetic processes can be useful to the understanding and interpretation of both experimental and field observations. His book is unique in that the models are based on quantitative rate expressions, in contrast to the qualitative descriptions that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069108260X
• ISBN13: 9780691082608
• Release Date: August 1980
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"