 | Carbonate Sediments and Rocks Under the Microscope: A Colour Atlas Subjects: Earth Sciences; Engineering & Technology; Mining Mineral & Petroleum Engineering; Earth Sciences; Civil Environmental and Geotechnical Engineering; Geology - Earth Sciences; Rock Mechanics; More than half of the world's petroleum is to be found in carbonate rocks, for example in the Middle East, the former USSR and in North America. These rocks show a bewildering diversity of grains and textures, due in part to the wealth of different fossil organisms which have contributed to carbonate sedimentation, and in part to a wide variety of |
