Rock Cycle sedmentation
|
sediment |
unconsolidated |
consolidation |
|
compaction |
cementation |
lithification |
|
clastic |
nonclastic |
Wentworth Size Scale |
|
gravel |
sand |
silt |
|
clay |
mud |
cement |
|
matrix |
pores |
porosity |
|
permeability |
diagenesis |
coalification |
|
dolomite |
dolomitization |
graywackization |
|
conglomerate |
breccia |
sandstone |
|
quartz sandstone |
arkose |
graywacke |
|
siltstone |
shale |
mudstone |
|
coal |
peat |
lignite |
|
bituminous coal |
chert |
gypsum |
|
salt |
crystalline limestone |
coquina |
|
chalk |
travertine |
oolite |
|
lime mudstone |
micrite |
dolostone |
|
Facies |
deposition |
Hjulstrom Diagram |
|
transportation |
rounding |
sorting |
|
solution |
suspension |
traction |
|
saltation |
anaerobic |
photosynthesis |
|
detritus |
paleogeography |
fossiliferous |
|
bedding |
bedding plane |
cross beds |
|
planar cross beds |
trough cross beds |
ripple marks |
|
oscillation ripples |
current ripples |
mudcracks |
|
salt casts |
raindrop impressions |
graded beds |
|
groove & flute casts |
load cast |
clastic dike |
|
contacts |
terrestrial |
desert |
|
glacier |
alluvial |
alluvial fans |
|
fluvial |
marine margins |
beach |
|
deltas |
shallow marine |
marine |
|
pelagic |
hadyl zone |
submarine fans/turbidite |
|
turbidity currents |
Bouma Sequence |
5 Bouma divisions |