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    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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    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 - http://www.palaeos.com/Eukarya/Units/Rhizaria/Images/Radiolaria.jpg
    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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