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Laboratory6

SedimentaryEnvironments
ClassificationCharts
PamelaJ.W.Gore
GeorgiaPerimeterCollege
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CONTINENTALSEDIMENTARYENVIRONMENTS
ALLUVIALFAN

FLUVIAL

LACUSTRINE

DESERT(DUNES)

PALUDAL

RockType

Breccia,
conglomerate,
arkose

Conglomerate,
sandstone,
siltstone,shale

Siltstone,shale,limestone,or
evaporites(gypsum)

Quartzarenite
(sandstone)or
gypsum

Peat,coal,
black
shale,
siltstone

Composition

Terrigenous

Terrigenous

Terrigenous,carbonate,or
evaporite

Terrigenousor
evaporite

Terrigenous

Color

Brownorred

Brownorred

Black,brown,gray,green

Yellow,red,tan,
white

Black,
gray,or
brown

GrainSize

Claytogravel

Claytogravel
(Finingupward)

Claytosiltorsand
(Coarseningupward)

Sand

Claytosilt

GrainShape

Angular

Roundedtoangular

Rounded

Sorting

Poor

Variable

Variable

Good

Variable

Inorganic
Sedimentary
Structures

Crossbeddingand
gradedbedding

Asymmetrical
ripples,cross
bedding,graded
bedding,toolmarks

Symmetricalripples,
lamination,crossbedding,
gradedbedding,mudcracks,
raindropprints

Crossbedding

Laminated
tomassive

Organicor
Biogenic
Sedimentary
Structures

Tracks,
trails,burrows

Tracks,trails,burrows,rare
stromatolites

Tracks,trails

Root
marks,
burrows

Fossils

Rarefreshwater
shells,bones,plant
fragments

Freshwatershells,fish,
bones,plantfragments

Plant
fossils,
rare
freshwater
shells,
bones,fish

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TRANSITIONALSEDIMENTARYENVIRONMENTS
DELTA

BARRIERBEACH

LAGOON

TIDALFLAT

RockType

Sandstone,siltstone,
shale,coal

Quartzarenite,coquina

Siltstone,shale,limestone,
ooliticlimestoneorgypsum

Siltstone,shale,
calcilutite,dolostoneor
gypsum

Composition

Terrigenous

Terrigenousorcarbonate

Terrigenous,carbonate,or
evaporite

Terrigenous,carbonate,
orevaporite

Color

Brown,black,gray,
green,red

Whitetotan

Darkgraytoblack

Gray,brown,tan

GrainSize

Claytosand
(Coarseningupward

Sand

Claytosilt

Claytosilt

GrainShape

Roundedtoangular

Sorting

Poor

Good

Poor

Variable

Inorganic
Sedimentary
Structures

Crossbedding,graded
bedding

Crossbedding,
symmetricalripples

Lamination,ripples,cross
bedding

Lamination,mudcracks,
ripples,crossbedding

Organicor
Biogenic
Sedimentary
Structures

Trails,burrows

Tracks,trails,burrows

Trails,burrows

Stromatolites,trails,
tracks,burrows

Fossils

Plantfragments,shells

Marineshells

Marineshells

Marineshells

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MARINESEDIMENTARYENVIRONMENTS
REEF

CONTINENTALSHELF

CONTINENTALSLOPEANDRISE

ABYSSALPLAIN

RockType

Fossiliferous
limestone

Sandstone,shale,
siltstone,fossiliferous
limestone,oolitic
limestone

Litharenite,siltstone,andshale(or
limestone)

Shale,chert,micrite,
chalk,diatomite

Composition

Carbonate

Terrigenousor
carbonate

Terrigenousorcarbonate

Terrigenousor
carbonate

Color

Graytowhite

Graytobrown

Gray,green,brown

Black,whitered

GrainSize

Variable,
frameworks,fewto
nograins

Claytosand

Claytosand

Clay

GrainShape

Sorting

Poortogood

Poor

Good

Inorganic
Sedimentary
Structures

Lamination,cross
bedding

Gradedbedding,crossbedding,
lamination,flutemarks,toolmarks
(turbidites)

Lamination

Organicor
Biogenic
Sedimentary
Structures

Trails,burrows

Trails,burrows

Trails,burrows

Fossils

Corals,marine
shells

Marineshells

Marineshells,rareplantfragments

Marineshells
(mostlymicroscopic)

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GeorgiaPerimeterCollege
July14,1998
ModifiedJune22,1999
ModifiedDecember12,2003

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