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CHAPTER FIVE: Sedimentary Rocks (Particles (Granules, Sand, Pebbles, Silt,…
CHAPTER FIVE: Sedimentary Rocks
Particles
Granules
Sand
Pebbles
Silt
Cobbles
Clay
Boulders
Classification
based on grains
sand vs silt vs clay
based on rock type
sandstone vs shale vs limestone
Conditions for Sedimentary Processes
Erosion
Deposition
agents
air/wind
ice
water
gravity
Weathering
machanical
chemical
Sedimentary Structures
Graded Bedding
Ripple Marks
Cross-Bedding
Mud Cracks
Stratification
Types of Sed. Rocks
Chemical
evaporites
HALITE
GYPSUM//ANHYDRITE
SYLVITE
Biochemical/Organic
corals/mollusks
LIMESTONE
DOLOSTONE
CHALK
KAOLIN
siliceous skeletons
CHERT (flint)
plants
COAL//PEAT
Clastic/Detrial
SANDSTONE
arkose sandstone
graywacke
Quartz sandstone
MUDSTONES/SHALE
siltstone
claystone
shale
CONGLOMERATE//BRECCIA
More Things to Know
Slaking
Unconformities
Paleo Environments
Detrial Carbonate rocks
structures
Kettles
Stromatolites
uses of rocks
sedimentary Facies