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Microfacies of Carbonate Rocks: Analysis, Interpretation and Application

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In the past thirty years, there have been quite a few books on sedimentology. My impression has been that the books covering or specializing in siliciclastic sedimentology have overshadowed those dealing with carbonates, both in volume and in useful content. There have been exceptions. The texts by James Lee Wilson (Carbonate Facies in Geologic History) and Robin Bathurst (Carbonate Sediments and Their Diagenesis) stand out as being particularly important and are considered "classics" in the field of carbonate sedimentology. The release of the new book by Eric Flugel has added a third volume to the trilogy. At nearly 1,000 pages, Microfacies of Carbonate Rocks... is literally a massive tome, well published and well edited, a true compendium of up-to-date knowledge of all things carbonate including an expansion and illustration of Flugel's own modification of earlier carbonate rock classification schemes by Folk and Dunham. Photographic illustrations are a mixture of colour and black-and-white with the majority in the latter format. No matter, the photos are superb! Colour may appear sparingly but when it does, it is always used to illustrate an important point or topic; likewise for the black-and-whites. One might expect the accompanying text to lag since the illustrations are so voluminous and well done. Not so. The text is equally voluminous, and more importantly, the text is well written, well documented, well illustrated, and supported by reference to photomicrographs and other figures. This book is the ideal reference work but has yet to make it to a place on my bookshelf because, upon arrival, it was immediately pressed into service by a graduate student of mine, helping him sort out several puzzling features in his thesis thin sections. Flugel's book is designed to be used and it will be. I intend to read the whole thing from cover to cover . . . when I can borrow it back from my grad student.

An updated and complete guide in carbonate petrography for students and geologists. Fundamental base in carbonate interpretation with fantastic photos, descriptions and references. Well structured writing and presentation. Not to be missed!

I love this book. I had old addition of it but I had lost that. Now I am happy to have its new addition. It provides a foundation to understand limestone microfacies and to interpret depositional environments. I have no hesitation to say that this book is a milestone in my professional career as a carbonate petrographer.