Table of Contents
Sedimentary Rocks
The Source Area
The Slope
The Sink
Weathering Components
Clastic - Broken Grains
Diagenesis and Lithification
Lithification and Diagenesis
Classification of Sedimentary Rocks
Types of Sedimentary Rocks
Clastic Sedimentary Rocks
Size Terms
Variation in Grain Size
Coarse Clastics
Transported as Individual Grains
Coarse Clastics - Conglomerate
Coarse Clastics - Breccia
Sedimentary Rocks
Sandstone Types
Fine Clastics
Chemical Sedimentary Rocks
Fossiliferous Limestones
Mineralogical Maturity
Textural Maturity
Modification of Size and Shape
Other Properties of Sedimentary Rocks
Sedimentary Structures
Cross-bedded Dune Deposits
Current Ripple Marks
Assymetrical Dunes
Current Ripple Marks
Burrows (Bottom of a Bed)
Mud Cracks (Top of a Bed)
Environments of Accumulation (I)
Environments of Accumulation (II)
Evaporite Basins
Evaporite Model
Environments of Deposition
Alluvial Fans
Cross Section of an Alluvial Fan
Braided Streams
Meandering Streams
Barrier Island
Delta
Turbidity Currents
Sedimentary Facies
Facies Model - Grain Size
Transgression and Regression
Transgression - Fining Upwards
Rifting - Under Tension - Creates a New Sink
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