This special publication Perspectives in Carbonate Geology is a collection of papers most of which were presented at a symposium to honor the 80th birthday of Bob Ginsburg at the meeting of Geological Society of America in Salt Lake City in 2005. The majority of the papers in this publication are connected with the study of modern carbonate sediments. Bob Ginsburg pioneered the concept of comparative sedimentology - that is using the modern to compare to and relate to and understand the ancient. These studies are concerned with Bob's areas of passion: coral reefs and sea-level; submarine cementation and formation of beach rock; surface sediments on Great Bahama Bank and other platforms; origin of ooids; coastal sediments; formation of stromatolites; impact of storms on sediments; and the formation of dolomite. The remainder of the papers apply the study of modern environments and sedimentary processes to ancient sediments.
Recent other publications of the International Association of Sedimentologists
SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS
40 Analogue and Numerical Modelling of Sedimentary Systems
From Understanding to Prediction
Edited by P. de Boer, G. Postma, K. van der Zwan, P. Burgess and P. Kukla
2008, 336 pages, 172 illustrations
39 Glacial Sedimentary Processes and Products
Edited by M.J. Hambrey, P. Christoffersen, N.F. Glasser and B. Hubbard
2007, 416 pages, 181 illustrations
38 Sedimentary Processes, Environments and Basins
A Tribute to Peter Friend
Edited by G. Nichols, E. Williams and C. Paola
2007, 648 pages, 329 illustrations
37 Continental Margin Sedimentation
From Sediment Transport to Sequence Stratigraphy
Edited by C.A. Nittrouer, J.A. Austin, M.E. Field, J.H. Kravitz, J.P.M. Syvitski and P.L. Wiberg
2007, 549 pages, 178 illustrations
36 Braided Rivers
Process, Deposits, Ecology and Management
Edited by G.H. Sambrook Smith, J.L. Best, C.S. Bristow and G.E. Petts
2006, 390 pages, 197 illustrations
35 Fluvial Sedimentology VII
Edited by M.D. Blum, S.B. Marriott and S.F. Leclair
2005, 589 pages, 319 illustrations
REPRINT SERIES
4 Sandstone Diagenesis: Recent and Ancient
Edited by S.D. Burley and R.H. Worden
2003, 648 pages, 223 illustrations
Please see inside the book for the full list of IAS publications
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About the Author: Peter K. Swart is the author of Perspectives in Carbonate Geology: A Tribute to the Career of Robert Nathan Ginsburg, published by Wiley.
