Download or read book Carbonate Sediments and Rocks Under the Microscope written by Anthony Adams and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1998-04-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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