D. Pavelić

I. Vlahović

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After three published books, Petrologija sedimentnih stijena (Petrology of Sedimentary Rocks; Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering of the University of Zagreb, 1987), Sedimentne stijene (Sedi-mentary Rocks; Školska knjiga, Zagreb, 1994) and Petrologija s osnovama mineralogije (Petrology with Basics of Mineralogy; Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering of the University of Zagreb, 1999), Academician Josip Tišljar accepted a major chal-lenge – to present in Croatian a state-of-the-art publi-cation of the dynamic scientific discipline of sedimento-logy. He decided to split this wide topic into two parts: in 2001 the first part, Sedimentologija karbonata i evap-orita (Sedimentology of Carbonates and Evaporites) was published, and in December of 2004 the second part, Sedimentologija klastičnih i silicijskih taložina (Sedimentology of Clastic and Siliceous Deposits) came out in print, both published by the Institute of Geology Zagreb (Croatian Geological Survey).The book Sedimentologija klastičnih i silicijskih taložina was reviewed by Prof.Dr. Davor Pavelić and Dr.Sc. Igor Vlahović, the publisher is the Institute of Geology, Zagreb – represented by M.Sc. Ðuro Benček. The book was prepared by Dr.Sc. Ivo Velić, editor-in-chief, and Dr.Sc. Igor Vlahović, managing editor.Clastic and siliceous rocks are widely distributed in Croatia – to a lesser extent in the Dinarides, and they dominate in the Croatian part of the Pannonian Basin. These rocks cover a wide stratigraphic range, from the Palaeozoic to the Holocene, resulting from very com-plex depositional processes described in detail by the author, including possible causes, but also environ-mental factors which influenced their evolution. Recent environments with their living examples represent a very important foundation for sedimentological inves-tigation, clearly defining this scientific discipline as an actualistic one. This emphasizes not only the possibil-ity of using the investigation of recent environments as a key for understanding fossil ones, but also to enable man to control the evolution of his living environment, both to protect it and predict and avoid possible cata-strophic events.The book is voluminous – 426+10 pages, and well illustrated (32 tables and 174 figures). It contains 5 BOOK REVIEWJosip TIŠLJAR: Sedimentologija klastičnih i silicijskih taložina(Sedimentology of Clastic and Siliceous Deposits – in Croatian)X+426 p., 206 illustrations, 500 copies, Institute of Geology, Zagreb, 2004,  ISBN 953-6907-03-8parts, 21 chapters, 80 subchapters and 204 sections, and 376 cited references which clearly document the author’s approach to this complex scientific discipline. It should be emphasized that the author additionally proposed very careful new translations for some sedi-mentological terms used in foreign literature, enabling their more clear usage in the Croatian language.The concept of the book, with a clear and logical succession from a discussion of the origin and structur-al-textural characteristics of clastic and siliceous depos-its, through laboratory investigation, systematics, to the division of depositional environments, is based on the methodology of sedimentological investigation, i.e. the sequence field–laboratory–cabinet. This approach completely fulfils the latest standards of writing with comparable books. Geologia Croatica 58/1 101–102 1 Fig.   ZAGREB 2005102 Geologia Croatica 58/1Besides well-known, state-of-the-art facts concern-ing the origin of clastic and siliceous rocks and their nomenclature, field and laboratory investigations, and systematics of depositional environments, the author not only presented numerous examples from his own investigations, but also the interpretations of other authors working on clastic and siliceous deposits in Croatia. This indicates the high scientific value of the book, which will be, together with numerous included references, invaluable help for all future sedimento-logical investigations of clastic and siliceous deposits in Croatia, and also the study of carbonate deposits which are frequently closely associated.Sedimentologija klastičnih i silicijskih taložina can be highly recommended as a great handbook for all sedimentologists, but it will be also very useful for the investigation of mineral deposits, oil and gas, as well as in geochemistry, hydrogeology, engineering geol-ogy and geomorphology. During the current turbulent advance of science, when scientific work is mostly multidisciplinary, the book will also be required litera-ture for pedologists and geographers, as well as profes-sionals from other areas involved in extremely impor-tant environment protection issues. However, besides the scientific and professional usage, this book will serve as a very important educational tool, since it will be surely used for several undergraduate and graduate courses, not only in geology, but also in mining, petro-leum engineering, civil engineering and agronomy.Finally, the author has just received the important and prestigeous Annual Award of the City of Zagreb, for his two latest books on sedimentology – Sedimentologi-ja karbonata i evaporita and Sedimentologija klastičnih i silicijskih taložina.The price of the book, which can be bought from the Institute of Geology (Sachsova 2, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia), is 245 kn – approximately 35 EUR.Davor PAVELIĆ1 & Igor VLAHOVIĆ21 Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia;  e-mail: dpavelic@rgn.hr2 Institute of Geology, Sachsova 2, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia; e-mail: igor.vlahovic@igi.hr

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