1. Exam 3 Review
Sedimentary Rocks: clastic rocks- shale, siltstone, sandstone (various types), conglomerate/breccia; biochemical-limestone; chemical- sulfates and chlorides, dolomite, banded iron formation (BIF)
Mechanical and chemical weathering, plus transport (erosion)
Long and short transport systems
Continental shelf, slope, rise, and abyssal plain
Active and passive continental margins
Bedding features
Types of basins
Indices of maturity; mineralogy, roundness and sorting
Porosity, permeability, compaction, cementation
Diagenesis

2. Exam 3 Review Biochemical sedimentary rocks – limestones
Carbonate secretion – shells, corals, etc.
Carbonate compensation depth (CCD)
Micrite, oolitic limestone, fossiliferous limestone
Chemical sedimentary rocks- Gypsum and salts – salina, sabkha, deep-water models
Banded iron formation – Fe transport, oxidation, deposition, age and importance for interpretation of Earth’s atmosphere

3. Exam 3 Review
Chemical Weathering: hydrolysis, hydration, carbonation, solution, oxidation-reduction
Calcite solubility relationships: pH, equilibrium constants
Goldich’s stability series
Clay mineral genesis
Acid mine drainage