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Sedimentary

48 cards·by AlexBuliis318
geology
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Rock composed of angular gravel
Breccia
Element derived from bauxite of decomposed tropical soils
Aluminum
Any living system such as animal fungus or plant
Organism
Particle size between 2mm and .0625 mm
Sand
Where Petroleum is stored
Resovoir
Sediments composed of skeletons of organisms
Biogenic
Oceanic systems
Marine
Physical break down of rocks
Fragmentation
Matrix supported conglomerate
Diamict
Glacial fluvial aeolian deposit
Loess
Occurs when transport media slows down
Deposition
Photoautotrophic part of chalk
Coccolithophores
Cementation agent of local iron ore
Hematite
Finest of the clastic sedimentary rocks with layers
Shale
Economically most important resource derived from sedimentary systems
Petroleum
Animal component of chalk
Planktonic Foraminifera
Way of subdividing sandstone
Maturity
Making rocks out of sediments
Lithification
One organism responsible for siliceous biogenic
Diatom
Rocks composed of pieces of other rocks
Sedimentary
Moving Ice
Glacial
Type of limestone used for printing
Lithographic
Cracking in response to expanding batholiths
Spalling
Breaking by freezing
Ice Wedging
Organic rich clay which result in petroleum
Source
Hydrated quartz which captures and stores organisms
Black Chert
Collective term for sedimentary CaCO3
Limestone
Largest particle size of sediments
Gravel
Lithographic limestone
Micrite
Break down of rocks
Erosion
Sedimentary rock composed of pieces between .0625 and 2mm
Sandstone
Movement of elements from high pressure to low pressure zones
Recrystalization
Massive stone composed of less than .0039mm
Mudstone
Chemical break down of rocks
Decomposition
Rock composed of rounded gravel
Conglomerate
Wind blown systems
Aeolian
Scale used to differentiate sediment sizes
Wentworth Scale
Percipitated quartz
Chert
Process of gluing particles together
Cementation
Moving water systems
Fluvial
Decrease away from the source
Number of minerals
Lithification by squeezing
Compaction
Mineral most resistant to decomposition
Quartz
Movement of sediments
Transportation
Limestone composed of shells
Coquina
Most common cementation agent in the world
Calcite
How closely grains are associated with the mean size
Sorting
Particle size and mineral group
Clay