The Sedimentology of Chalk (Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, 54)

**The Sedimentology of Chalk** describes processes that caused the rhythmic, vertical variation in grain size, structures and authigenic mineral concentrations. Special attention is given to Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary, subtropical, shallow marine, fine-grained, detrital bioclastic carbonates of northwest Europe. Numerical models are presented that enable the simulation of the genesis of flint nodule layers, hard grounds and complex wavy bedded sequences, such as the K/T boundary sequence of Stevns Klint (Denmark). The book is of interest to sedimentary geologists working on depositional and diagenetic features in carbonates. The geology of South Limburg in 1859....Pages 11-22 Present-day views on chalk....Pages 23-36 Early diagenesis of chalk....Pages 37-49 Origin and growth of flint nodules....Pages 51-66 The genesis of flint nodule layers....Pages 67-89 The genesis of tempestite cycles....Pages 91-119 The genesis of hardgrounds....Pages 121-141 Genesis of the K/T section of stevns klint....Pages 143-156 Self-organizing model for wavy bedform genesis....Pages 157-171