Black Shales (Oxford Monographs on Geology and Geophysics)

By Paul B. Wignall

Black shales provides the first comprehensive synthesis of the diverse research regarding the origin of petroleum source rocks. The book offers in-depth reviews from the fields sedimentology, palaeoecology, and geochemistry, and particularly focuses on the influence of palaeo-oxygen levels. Current debates--including the one over the influence of sedimentation rate, productivity, and enhanced preservation on the burial efficiency of organic carbon--receive a lively discussion. In addition, the importance of newly defined concepts of sequence stratigraphy to models of the formation of black shales receives an in-depth treatment for the first time. The book will be of interest to all geologists investigating palaeoenvironments, particularly those engaged in the search for hydrocarbons.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198540388
• ISBN13: 9780198540380
• Release Date: June 1994
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.6" x 7.7"