1. SACRAMENTO
STATE
Geology 103A Sedimentology and Stratigraphy Tim Horner Geology Department, CSU Sacramento
Lecture #7:
Sandstone classification
Reading assignment:
Boggs, 5th ed., pp (especially )

2. Effect of grain size on composition
From Blatt, Middleton and Murray, Origin of Sedimentary Rocks, 1980

3. Gilbert's sandstone classification system
From Boggs, Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, 4th ed., Figure 5.6, p. 110

4. Folk's sandstone classification system
From Boggs, Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, 2nd ed., Figure 6.12, p. 169