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Definition
boulder
cobble
pebble/gravel
sand |
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Term
| organic sedimentary rocks |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
conglomerate
breccia
sandstone
shale |
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Term
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Definition
hardened mud (silt and clay)
environment: quiet water, lake, ocean
fissility: splitting into planes
mudstone: breaks into massive chunks
uses: bricks, tiles, cement, pottery
colors:red hematite, black organics |
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Term
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Definition
tropical oceans
fossiliferous (plas-elas-plas) and micrite (plastic-elastic)
chalk: bodies of foraminifera
karst topography (red flag)
medium strength |
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Term
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Definition
precipitated sed rocks
gypsum
halite
borax
potash
rock salt- good storage for peetroleum
red flag- very low strength <8kpsi
elastic-plastic |
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Term
| stratification of sed rocks |
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Definition
parallel-no changing energy. water deposition under quiet energy
cross-strat.- strata uneven from variable energy and directions |
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