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SedimentaryEnvironments
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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
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