APR Memoir 31: Sandstone Depositional Environments

Specifically designed for use by the non-sedimentologist, the petroleum geologist, or the field geologist who needs to use sandstone depositional environments in facies reconstruction and environmental interpretations, the book provides criteria for recognizing depositional environments in the surface and subsurface. This classic work covers settings from non marine to deep marine and employs extensive use of color diagrams and photographs of sedimentary structures. The purpose of this text is to improve exploration for oil, gas, and mineral deposits, but it also profiles environments which are normally not considered to be particularly prospective for oil and gas in an attempt to provide as complete a framework as possible for the recognition of environments.