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182 BOOK REVIEWS manual for some marine chemists as well as being an introduction to the subject for some students. Institute of Oceanography T. R. PARSONS University of British Colu mbia Vancouver REFERENCES SHELDON, R. W. 1972. Size separati on of marine seston by membrane and glass-fi ber filters. Limnol. Oceanogr. 17 : 494-498. -, AND W. H. SUTCLIFFE. 1969. Retention of marine particles by screens and filters. Limnol. Oceanogr. 14: 441-444. PETTIJOHN, F. J., P. E. POTTER, AND R. &EVER. 1972. Sand and sandstone. Springer- Ver- lag, New York. xvi + 618 p. 31.10. Sand and sandstone fits ni cely with the growing number of “All you wanted to know about . . . but were afraid to ask” books. Who would have guessed that there are more than 85.7 x 10% grains of sand in the crust of the ea rth, and how ma ny of us fail to credit the kids’ sandbox industry as an important economic use of sand? An encyclopedia of trivia? Far from it. Sand and sandston e is a well-written and nicely illus- trated summary of much of what is known about the geology “of the most rewarding of all sedi- ments.” Surely much of the book’s success is due to the leading role the authors themselv es have played in the study of sand, and in the remarkable way they have been able to integrate their work and that of o thers in this 600-page volume. The book has been in the works for some time. In 1964 the authors collaborated on a week-long conference on sandsto ne that was repeated in 1965 with a lengthy syllabus which ultimately evol ved into Sand and sandstone. Having made good use o f the syllabus, I am pleased to see that the book retains the ba sic format, and a great deal has been added. The boo k is in four parts. Part I: fundamental properti es of sandstones (mineral and chemical composition, texture, sedimentary structures, and bedding) ; Part II: petrograp hy ( illustrated with superb photomicrographs ) ; Part III : processes that form sand and sandstone (provenance, trans- port, deposition, and diagenesis ) ; and Part IV: broader aspects of sand deposition (sand bodies and environment sandstones, sedimentary basins, and continental evolution). In my vie w the high- lights of the boo k are the sections on sandstone petrograph y, diagenesis, and environments of sand accumulation. Refere nces dese rve special mention, for the obvious care with which they have been selected and for the annotations which accompany many. One should not get the impression that all aspects of the subject are treated with equal thoroughness. Readers of Limnology and Oceanog- raphy with particular interest in the hydraulics of fluid flow may find their favorite topic is short- changed, Anyone interested in weathering will have to read someone else’s book altogether. But then what do you want for 31.10? The obvious appeal w ill be to sedim entologists. Marine geologists, geomorphologists, petroleum geologists, and many others ought to be interested, too. JOHN T. WHETTEN Department of Geologi cal Sciences Univers ity of Washington Seattle 98195 JENKINS, D., V. L. SNOEYINK, J. F. FERGUSON, AND J. 0. LECKIE. 1972. AAPSE water chem- istry laboratory manu al. Amer. Ass. Pro- fessors Sanit. Eng. (J. F. Malina, Eng. Lab. Bldg. , Un iv. Texas, Austin). vi + 9 variously paged experiments. 3.00. The stated purpose of the authors in writing this laboratory manu al is to fill an educational need in the teaching of sanitary and envir onmental engineering. To this end they have constructed a balanced laboratory course in the aquatic chem is- try germane to these fields. The manual describes laboratory exercises on gravimetric analysis, optical analysis, acid-base reactions, complex formation, solubility equilibria, redox reactions, multip hase equilibri a, reaction kinetics, and conductivity. The organization of each exercise follows a logical format with a statement of purpose of the experime nt, pertinent references, a discussion of all followed by relevant question s and sugges tions for analysi s of data. Equipment lists and instruc- tions for the preparation of the required reagents are also include d. The authors have done an especially good job with the theory sections , which should counteract some of the cookbook tendencies encouraged by use of the APHA and EPA methods manuals (Amer. Public Health Ass. 1971; Environ. Prot. Agency 1971). The one significantly de- fective theoretical section is in the conductivity exercise, where the authors practically ignore the effect of temperature on the measurement of con- ductivity. This is particularly serious when the variation of specific conduct ance of the 0.01 N KC1 standard solution with temperature is also neglected. Although the authors have made no attempt to examine the effects of interferences encounte red in complex water sampl es with t heir various analytical techniqu es (and they so state in the preface), this does not seriously damage the theoreti cal chemistry being presented. If the methods for measuring phosphate, oxygen, chlorine,
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182 BOOK REVIEWS
manual for some marine chemists as well as being
an introduction to the subject for some students.
Institute of Oceanography
T. R. PARSONS
University of British Columbia
Vancouver
REFERENCES
SHELDON, R. W. 1972. Size separation of marineseston by membrane and glass-fiber filters.
Limnol. Oceanogr. 17 : 494-498.
-, AND W. H. SUTCLIFFE. 1969. Retention
of marine particles by screens and filters.Limnol. Oceanogr. 14: 441-444.
PETTIJOHN, F. J., P. E. POTTER, AND R. &EVER.
1972. Sand and sandstone. Springer-Ver-
lag, New York. xvi + 618 p. 31.10.
Sand and sandstone fits nicely with the growing
number of “All you wanted to know about . . . but
were afraid to ask” books. Who would haveguessed that there are more than 85.7 x 10%
grains of sand in the crust of the earth, and
how many of us fail to credit the kids’ sandbox
industry as an important economic use of sand?An encyclopedia of trivia? Far from it. Sand
and sandstone is a well-written and nicely illus-trated summary of much of what is known about
the geology “of the most rewarding of all sedi-ments.” Surely much of the book’s success is due
to the leading role the authors themselves have
played in the study of sand, and in the remarkable
way they have been able to integrate their workand that of others in this 600-page volume.
The book has been in the works for some time.
In 1964 the authors collaborated on a week-longconference on sandstone that was repeated in
1965 with a lengthy syllabus which ultimately
evolved into Sand and sandstone. Having made
good use of the syllabus, I am pleased to see thatthe book retains the basic format, and a greatdeal has been added.
The book is in four parts. Part I: fundamentalproperties of sandstones (mineral and chemical
composition, texture, sedimentary structures, and
bedding) ; Part II: petrography ( illustrated withsuperb photomicrographs ) ; Part III : processes
that form sand and sandstone (provenance, trans-port, deposition, and diagenesis ) ; and Part IV:
broader aspects of sand deposition (sand bodies
and environment sandstones, sedimentary basins,and continental evolution). In my view the high-
lights of the book are the sections on sandstone
petrography, diagenesis, and environments of sandaccumulation. References deserve special mention,
for the obvious care with which they have beenselected and for the annotations which accompanymany.
One should not get the impression that all
aspects of the subject are treated with equalthoroughness. Readers of Limnology and Oceanog-raphy with particular interest in the hydraulics of
fluid flow may find their favorite topic is short-
changed, Anyone interested in weathering willhave to read someone else’s book altogether. Butthen what do you want for 31.10?
The obvious appeal will be to sedimentologists.
Marine geologists, geomorphologists, petroleumgeologists, and many others ought to be interested,
too.
JOHN T. WHETTEN
Department of Geological Sciences
University of WashingtonSeattle 98195
JENKINS, D., V. L. SNOEYINK, J. F. FERGUSON, ANDJ. 0. LECKIE. 1972. AAPSE water chem-
istry laboratory manual. Amer. Ass. Pro-
fessors Sanit. Eng. (J. F. Malina, Eng. Lab.
Bldg., Univ. Texas, Austin). vi + 9 variously
paged experiments. 3.00.
The stated purpose of the authors in writing
this laboratory manual is to fill an educationalneed in the teaching of sanitary and environmental
engineering. To this end they have constructed a
balanced laboratory course in the aquatic chemis-try germane to these fields. The manual describes
laboratory exercises on gravimetric analysis, opticalanalysis, acid-base reactions, complex formation,solubility equilibria, redox reactions, multiphase
equilibria, reaction kinetics, and conductivity.
The organization of each exercise follows alogical format with a statement of purpose of the
experiment, pertinent references, a discussion of
applicable theory, a description of the procedure,
all followed by relevant questions and suggestionsfor analysis of data. Equipment lists and instruc-
tions for the preparation of the required reagents
are also included. The authors have done anespecially good job with the theory sections, which
should counteract some of the cookbook tendenciesencouraged by use of the APHA and EPA methods
manuals (Amer. Public Health Ass. 1971; Environ.
Prot. Agency 1971). The one significantly de-
fective theoretical section is in the conductivityexercise, where the authors practically ignore the
effect of temperature on the measurement of con-ductivity. This is particularly serious when the
variation of specific conductance of the 0.01 N
KC1 standard solution with temperature is alsoneglected.
Although the authors have made no attempt to
examine the effects of interferences encounteredin complex water samples with their various
analytical techniques (and they so state in the
preface), this does not seriously damage thetheoretical chemistry being presented. If themethods for measuring phosphate, oxygen, chlorine,
