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Sedimentary Rock Descriptions and Distractions Description vs Interpretation Rock Descriptions Unit Descriptions Distractions Text: Manual, p. 13-16, 77-90; Compton, p. 27-31
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Rock Descriptions rock type stratigraphic name
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Rock Descriptions stratigraphic name rock type color
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(Luis Garcia)
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Rock Descriptions stratigraphic name rock type color texture
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Rock Descriptions Texture: 1. Grain Size 256-8boulder 64-6cobblegravel 4-2pebble 2-1granule_______ 10.0very coarse sand 0.51.0coarse sand 0.252.0medium sandsand 0.1253.0fine sand 0.06254.0very fine sand_______ 0.0315.0coarse silt 0.01566.0medium siltmud 0.00787.0fine silt 0.00398.0very fine silt clay mm Phi ( ) Wentworth Size Class
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angular grains well rounded grains http://csmres.jmu.edu/geollab/Fichter/SedRx/ Rock Descriptions Texture: 2. Grain Shape (Roundness)
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Rock Descriptions Texture: 3. Sorting
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(AGI, 1999) Rock Descriptions Texture: 4. Arrangement imbrication
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energy/environment of deposition transport history Rock Descriptions Texture Interpretations
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Rock Descriptions stratigraphic name rock type color texture grain composition
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Rock Descriptions stratigraphic name rock type color texture grain composition porosity cements
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grain porosity matrix cement (M. Campbell) Rock Descriptions
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name rock type color texture grain composition porosity cements bedding
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Rock Descriptions Bedding: Types Castile Formation, NM (Anderson et al., 1972) 10 cm laminations
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Rock Descriptions Bedding: Types cross-bedding
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Rock Descriptions Bedding: Types graded bedding (AGI, 1999)
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Rock Descriptions Bedding: Thickness
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Rock Descriptions Bedding: Contacts
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Rock Descriptions stratigraphic name rock type color texture grain composition porosity cements bedding sedimentary structures
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wave ripples Rock Descriptions Sedimentary Structures
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Rock Descriptions burrows Sedimentary Structures
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Rock Descriptions Sedimentary Structures mudcracks (AGI, 1999)
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Rock Descriptions stratigraphic name rock type color texture grain composition porosity cements bedding sedimentary structures bioturbation
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Rock Descriptions Bioturbation (E. McBride)
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Rock Descriptions stratigraphic name rock type color texture grain composition porosity cements bedding sedimentary structures bioturbation fossils
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Trace Fossils Rock Descriptions Fossils Body Fossils
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Cretaceous fossils in central Texas http://www.cretaceousfossils.com Rock Descriptions Fossils
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UT AUSTIN Interpretation
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Rock Descriptions Additional Details for Sandstones: - FMCP:QFR - Clan Name
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Rock Descriptions Sandstone Clan Names
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Sedimentary Rock Descriptions and Distractions Description vs Interpretation Rock Descriptions Unit Descriptions Distractions Text: Manual, p. 13-16, 77-90; Compton, p. 27-31, 366-367
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Unit Descriptions stratigraphic name rock types brief rock descriptions - percentages - thicknesses - contacts - interbedding special features - soil and vegetation - topographic expression gradational sharp interbedding
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Unit Descriptions bench slope cliff
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Sedimentary Rock Descriptions and Distractions Description vs Interpretation Rock Descriptions Unit Descriptions Distractions Text: Manual, p. 13-16, 77-90; Compton, p. 27-31, 366-367
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Distractions Vegetation
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(Luis Garcia) Distractions Algae
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Distractions Lichen
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Distractions Travertine
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(E. McBride) Distractions Weathering
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Distractions (E. McBride) Colluvium
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Distractions Float (E. McBride)
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Distractions Dynamite (E. McBride)
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