Geology of Deltas

Deltas occur on every continent across the earth and their deposits span the geological record from the Precambrian to the Holocene. This work contains selected papers presented at the IAS-sponsored International Symposium on the Geology of Deltas, held in Port Harcourt, Nigeria in May 1992.Contents: General considerations; Delta facies and architecture; Aspects of sedimentary petrology and diagenesis in deltas; Niger Delta: Exploration and production perspectives, in a total of 21 chapters.