The Handbook of Siliciclastic Facies

A new textbook on how to interpret siliciclastic facies - Edited by Howard Feldman

This is a practical guide on how to interpret siliciclastic facies assuming no prior knowledge. There are clear explanations starting with how sedimentary structures form and how they can be used to constrain the depositional setting. The focus is always on the types of facies that are commonly preserved in the rock record.

Every chapter or section starts with the processes that define that environment and what types of sedimentary features are likely to form. Then a simple archetypal facies model is built based on recent and ancient analogs. Complicating factors are added at the end to show how the archetypal model is likely to vary in local settings that may not be ideal.

Every term is clearly defined, and all the definitions are collected in a glossary at the end of the book. And each term is in bold the first time it is used and defined.

This book includes:

• A table of contents at the start of each chapter to make easy to locate specific information (there is no index).
• Lots and lots of outcrop and core photos to illustrate examples of just about everything.
• Subsurface examples, particularly seismic lines are used to show large scale features, some never before published.
• Archetypal facies models are presented in newly drafted block diagrams.
• All chapters have a parallel construction starting with archetypal idealized models and then developing complicating factors.
• Easy to use tables of all the depositional settings (such as delta front) with key recognition criteria and stacking patterns.
• Illustrations are consistent throughout the book with the same format, symbols, etc. This makes it easy to compare stacking patterns between fluvial, deltaic, and shoreface, for example

Table of Contents

Author list: Kevin Bohacs, David M. Cleveland, Steven G. Driese, and Howard R. Feldman

Prologue  

Acknowledgements 

Introduction: Feldman and Bohacs 

i. A very brief introduction to sequence stratigraphy  

ii. A very brief introduction to well logs  

iii. A very brief introduction to reflection seismic 

iv. Sedimentary structure symbols  

Section I Nonmarine systems: Feldman  

Chapter 1 Fluvial and alluvial settings:  Feldman  

Chapter 2 Paleosols:  Cleveland and Driese  

Chapter 3 Eolian settings:  Feldman 

Section II Siliciclastic coasts:  Feldman  

Chapter 4 River-dominated deltas:  Feldman 

Chapter 5 Wave-dominated coasts:  Feldman 

Chapter 6 Tidal deltas and estuarine coasts:  Feldman  

Section III Deepwater systems:  Feldman and Bohacs 

Chapter 7 Deepwater fans:  Feldman  

Chapter 8 Contourite depositional systems:  Bohacs 

Chapter 9 Pelagic and related depositional environments: Bohacs

Epilogue What do I do now?  Feldman 

Glossary: Feldman, Bohacs, Cleveland, and Driese  

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Even More Content (free)

Associated with this publication are some additional useful resources located at sepm.org/supplemental-materials including:

• Core description form (feet)
• Core description form (meters)
• Uninterpreted Pan photo of Ferron Ivy Creek Outcrop
• Sedimentary Structure Symbols
• Special Form for describing mudstone cores
• Complete Glossary of Terms from the book