Chapter 6-Sedimentary
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Chapter 6-Sedimentary
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lithification
consolidation and cementation
stratigraphic principles
the Grand Canyon and stratigraphic principles
sedimentary rocks-overviews
sedimentation and
sedimentary rocks
gallery of sedimentary rock
photos
Wards collection of rocks
sedimentary
rocks-overview lecture
sedimentary
rocks-classification
sedimentary
rock vocabulary
sedimentary rocks texture chart *
sedimentary rocks in thin section
thin
section views of sedimentary rocks
turbidites
cross beds in turbidites-photo
turbidites in Spain
clastic sedimentary rocks
clastic
sedimentary rocks-overview
breccia
breccia photo
breccia
description
breccia definition
conglomerate
coarse conglomerate photo
conglomerate-Volcano World
conglomerate description
conglomerate definition
conglomerate outcrop
sandstone-overview
sandstone
overview lecture *
sandstone from
an economic viewpoint *
sandstone- mature vs. immature
St. Peter
sandstone
textural maturity of
sandstone
sandstone-texture
sandstone
textures *
sandstone-graywacke
graywacke description
graywacke
sandstone
outcrop of
graywacke sandstone
sandstone-arkose
arkose
description
arkose at Garden of the Gods, Colorado
arkose definition
sandstone-quartz sandstone
quartz
sandstone description
quartz sandstone photo
siltstone
faulting in siltstone
major article on siltstone *
siltstone
photo
siltstone
description *
shale-oil shale
oil shale
definition
oil shale
economics
shale-Burgess shale
Burgess shale
fossils
Burgess shale
Burgess shale links
chemical
sedimentary rocks
carbonate rocks
carbonates and
other rocks-lecture
limestone-origin
limestone lecture
*
limestone-overviews
polished limestones from France
limestone-chalk
chalk lecture
chalk
beds in Kansas
difference between chalk and limestone
limestone-coquina
close up view of coquina limestone
exposure of coquina
limestone
limestone-fossiliferous
fossiliferous limestone definition
shelly limestone
limestone-lithographic
fossils in the
Solnhofen lithographic limestone *
Solnhofen lithographic limestone
The
Solnhofen limestone of Germany
Solnhofen limestone
limestone-micrite
micrite limestone
micrite
limestone definition
2
sentences on micrite
limestone-oolitic
electron
microscope photo of oolitic limestone *
oolitic
limestone-photo and text *
oolitic limestone-closer view *
oolitic
limestone photo *
What are oolites?
dolomite
algal
laminated dolomite
dolomite-photo and text
dolomite-the mineral and rock *
the origin
of dolomite
limestone and dolostone
Lockport dolostone
dolostone definition
salt
geology of
salt-text
salt in Kansas
*
salt in North
Dakota *
salt mining in Michigan
*
What is salt?
*
gypsum
gypsum
gypsum in Arkansas
gypsum rock
gypsum rock-photo
and text
chert
chert
problems
chert textures
*
chert (good article)
*
chert in California
chert in Texas
chert photos
*
chert nodules
flint
flint arrowheads
Flint Ridge
flint
flint or chert
large pieces
of flint
flint knapping
flint flake
organic sedimentary rocks
coal-origin
coal-an
overview
different types of coal *
formation of coal
origin of coal
layer of coal
coal-mineral fact sheet
Powder River Coal
Company-coal mining
coal glossary
glossary of
coal terms
peat
peat-introduction
lignite
lignite
lignite mine in North Dakota
bituminous coal
anthracite coal
anthracite coal
What is anthracite?
sedimentary structures
cross bedding
graded bedding
examples of graded bedding
graded
bedding photo *
article on graded bedding
mud cracks
mud cracks photo
mud cracks-photo and text
mud cracks
photo of mud partially dried out
ripple marks
preserved ripple
marks
ripple marks in quartzite
ripple marks along Dinosaur Ridge
cross sectional view of ripple marks
ripple marks in sandstone
tool marks
