The study of sediments and sedimentary rocks has come a long way from the early days Of field observations followed by a cursory examination of samples in the laboratory. Now many sophisticated techniques are applied to data collected in the field and to specimens back in the laboratory. Some of these techniques have been brought in from other branches of the earth sciences, while some have been specifically developed by sedimentologists.

Historically, the relation between sedimentology and the field of ore genesis has been a function of prevailing patterns of thought. Table I offers a brief schematic summary of the trend of thought patterns since Albertus Magnus.
Whenever the trend was to search for causes from within, the interest in the wall rock and its genesis was great. When causes from without appealed more to the scientists, the rocks enclosing ore deposits, and especially the sediments received little attention.

Currently, a geologist should manually fill an electronic table while he describes rocks or scratch a description on a blanket. This takes a lot of time and effort. Lots of researchers have developed their approach to autonomous rock classification. Unfortunately, all of them are based on a core column investigation. Most used a traditional approach to image classification based on a statistical analysis of images and machine learning techniques. Modern deep learning techniques were applied to classify and segment core images in this work. An important note is that previous works cover only core column examination, while this paper presents an approach to extract core columns from a core box. Thus, a geologist should not spend time on a manual description of the core or extraction of separate images out of a core box. This can be done by applying the developed algorithms described in this work. The algorithms were also included in a system which became worldwide available software.

Стратиграфия и седиментология
Стратиграфия
Стратиграфическая классификация
Геологическая и биологическая эволюция протерозоя и фанерозоя
Тектогенез и эволюция климата Тихоокеанского пояса в меловом периоде
Зоны бореальной юры в областях, прилегающих к Тихому океану
Фораминиферы волжского яруса на Мадагаскаре
Зональность верхнего мела северного полушария по иноцерамам

The roots of sedimentology and stratigraphy extend back to the 16th century; however, these disciplines are still growing and changing. Geologists continue to "fine tune" sedimentologic and stratigraphic concepts through a variety of research avenues and by using an array of increasingly sophisticated research tools. T he result is a continuous outpouring of fresh data and new ideas. In fact, it is becoming increasingly difficult to keep abreast of the flood of new information appearing in the geological literature. A glance through recent issues of a well-known sedimentology journal reveals important new papers on sedimentation and tectonics, depositional systems, carbonates, biosedimentology, diageneis, provenance, geochemistry, sediment transport and sedimentary structures, stratigraphic architecture, chronostratigraphy, numerical modeling, paleoclimatology, sequence stratigraphy, and basin analysis-to name but a few research areas. <...>

This book has its roots in the year 1970, when we first met in the carbonates course in Bermuda, Fred as an instructor and John as a student. Over the intervening 20 years, we have been active in research on the geochemistry of sedimentary carbonates in both the field and laboratory and from a theoretical standpoint. During this period, an immense amount of information has been acquired in carbonate geochemistry resulting in a voluminous journal literature and many books on specialized topics.

Статьи, авторами которых являются представители различных геологических и геохимических школ, знакомят читателей с закономерностями формирования состава органического вещества в различных фациальных и геологических обстановках и с последующими его преобразованиями. Ряд статей посвящен взаимодействию органического вещества с минеральной составляющей осадков. Значительное внимание уделено оценке роли органического вещества в нефтегазообразовании.

В сборнике рассматриваются общие проблемы седименто- и литогенеза, критерии разграничения мелководных и глубоководных осадков прошлого, специфика геосинклинального осадкообразования, условия образования красноцветных формаций. Часть работы посвящена рассмотрению процессов осадочной породообразования в регионах СССР. Значительное внимание уделяется общим и частным проблемам осадочного рудогенеза – разбираются условия формирования руд марганца, фосфора, редких металлов

С учетом современных данных по изучению океана на основе тектоники литосферных плит изложены проблемы физической седиментологии с акцентом на процессы образования тел осадочной оболочки разной структурной сложности. Рассмотрена актуалистическая база физической седиментологии, приведены ее модели, дан анализ механизмов трех классов процессов, составляющих основу седиментологии: грануло-, страто- и циклоседиментогенез.
Для научных работников — геологов, тектонистов, стратиграфов, морских геологов, связанных с изучением осадочных пород и с поисками осадочных месторождений.

The term “provenance” originates from the Latin word “provenire,” meaning to originate. Although commonly used to indicate source or parent rock from which sediments were generated, the term “provenance” actually encompasses all factors related to sediment production, with “specific reference to the composition of the parent rocks as well as the physiography and climate of the source area” (Weltje and Eynatten, 2004). Sedimentary provenance data play a critical role in assessing palaeogeographic reconstructions, in constraining lateral displacements in orogens, in characterizing crust that is no longer exposed, in mapping depositional systems, in subsurface correlation, and in predicting reservoir quality (Haughton et al., 1991; Weltje and Eynatten, 2004; Garzanti et al., 2014; Bhattacharya et al., 2016). <...>