Contents
Development and Application of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy | 3 |
Lithostratigraphy | 14 |
Sedimentary Cycles and Weathering | 21 |
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abundant anhydrite aragonite areas arenites basin beach bedforms bioturbation burrows calcite calcium carbonate carbonate rocks cement channel characteristics characterized chemical chert classification clasts clay minerals commonly composition conglomerates constituents continental cross-bedding crystals delta depositional environments depth diagenesis diagenetic dolomite dunes Econ environmental eolian estuaries evaporites example facies feldspars FIGURE flow fluid fluvial formation geologic geologists glacial glacier grade grain-size grains iron lagoons lakes laminated layers limestones marine matrix ments micrite modern occur ocean Okla owing Paleontologists and Mineralogists particles percent phosphorites porosity Precambrian precipitation processes quartz R. G. Walker range reefs reprinted by permission ripples river rock fragments salinity sand sandstones seawater sedi sediment transport sedimentary rocks sedimentary structures sequences shales shallow shelf silicate minerals siliceous siliciclastic silt slope solubility stratigraphic surface temperature texture thick tidal flats tion trace fossils Tulsa turbidites turbidity currents types units velocity vertical wave weathering zone