"The aim of this Volume, based partly on papers submitted to a 1996 workshop in Belfast, and partly on invited contributions, is to bring together some of the main strands of research into quartz cements, and provide a focus for the debate as well as directions for future research.". "This book will be welcomed by sedimentologists, petrographers and geochemists involved in sandstone diagenesis, as well as by petroleum geologists seeking a deeper understanding of the factors influencing reservoir porosity and permeability."--BOOK JACKET.