GEOL 1307 Physical Geology Exercise #6 Sedimentary Rocks.

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GEOL 1307 Physical Geology Exercise #6 Sedimentary Rocks

Sedimentation Sediment Formation Mechanical and Chemical Weathering Sediment Transport Water, Ice, Wind and Gravity Sediment Deposition Environment of Deposition

Non-marine Terrigenous Lacustrine Marine Littoral Pelagic Transitional

Clastic Sedimentary Rocks Sorting Grain Size Boulders Pebbles Sand Silt Clay Rounding

Classification by Grain Size Unsorted Conglomerate Breccia Sorted Quartz Sandstone Arkose Graywacke Siltstone Shale

BioClastic Sedimentary Rocks Micritic Limestone Pelletal Limestone Oolitic Limestone Chalk Fossiliferous Limestone Coquina

Chemical Sedimentary Rocks Precipitates Limestone Dolomite Travertine Chert Evaporites Gypsum Halite

Other Compositions Siliceous Sedimentary Rocks Dolomite Coal

Sedimentary Structures Cross-Stratification Graded Bedding Ripple-Marks Mud Cracks