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Sedimentary Rocks and Depositional Processes

This document provides notes on chapter 6 of a geology textbook, which covers sedimentary rocks. It defines different types of sedimentary rocks such as conglomerates, sandstones, limestones, and evaporites based on their composition and grain size. It also describes various depositional environments and processes that result in different sedimentary structures like bedding, lamination, and mudcracks. Transportation of sediment by rivers is discussed, including bed load, suspended load, and dissolved load, as well as alluvial fans, deltas, beaches, and continental margins as environments of sediment deposition.

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Sedimentary Rocks and Depositional Processes

This document provides notes on chapter 6 of a geology textbook, which covers sedimentary rocks. It defines different types of sedimentary rocks such as conglomerates, sandstones, limestones, and evaporites based on their composition and grain size. It also describes various depositional environments and processes that result in different sedimentary structures like bedding, lamination, and mudcracks. Transportation of sediment by rivers is discussed, including bed load, suspended load, and dissolved load, as well as alluvial fans, deltas, beaches, and continental margins as environments of sediment deposition.

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Geology 100

Notes on Planet Earth version 3.0


Review - Exam 2
Chapter 7
Chapter 6 Sedimentary Rocks
Conglomerates/breccias
Sandstones
Siltstones
Claystones
Mudstones
Limestones
Oolitic limestones
Dolomites
Cherts
Evaporites
Coals
Clastic Sedimentary Rocks
Size Classification
Gravels: boulders, cobbles, pebbles
Sand
Silt
Clay
Mud
Size Classification
Conglomerates/breccias
Sandstones
Siltstones
Claystones
Mudstones
Classifying Sandstones
Quartz arenite/wacke
Feldspathic arenite/wacke
Lithic arenite/lithic wacke
Chemical Sedimentary Rocks
Limestones
Chalk
Oolitic limestones
Dolomites/dolostones
CaCO
3
CaMg(CO
3
)
2
Siliceous Sedimentary Rocks
Nodular Chert
Bedded Chert radiolarian chert
Radiolaria - [Link]
Evaporites
Coal
Anthracite: high grade coal
Depositional Processes and Their Results
Bedding
Lamination
Formation: must be mappable at a scale of 1:24000
Mudcracks
Cross -bed
Transportation by Rivers
Bed load
Suspended load
Dissolved load
Alluvial Fans and Delta
Alluvial fan, Mojave Desert
Nile River delta
Other Environments of Deposition
Dunes
Beach
Barrier Island
Continental Margins
Turbidity Currents and Graded Beds

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