Abstract
At some stage in the geological investigation of a sandstone, we need to place the formation in a larger perspective—to see it in relation to the basin fill as a whole and even to think about it in the longer view of geologic history and continental evolution. We need to go from a provincial to a cosmopolitan outlook. Only by placing the local study in a larger framework can we really understand the sandstone in question. Hence in this chapter we consider the larger questions related to sands and sandstones.
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Pettijohn, F.J., Potter, P.E., Siever, R. (1987). Sandstones, Tectonics, and Continental Evolution. In: Sand and Sandstone. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1066-5_12
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