This book is the outgrowth of a week-long conference on sandstone organized by the authors, first held at Banff, Alberta, in 1964 under the auspices of the Albe

The first edition appeared fourteen years ago. Since then there have been significant advances in our science that warrant an updating and revision of Sand and

Sande - Sandstein - Geologie.

Diagenesis affects all sediments after their deposition andincludes a fundamental suite of physical, chemical and biologicalprocesses that control the texture,