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Chem Sed Flashcards

1
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Dominantly composed of calcareous components.

A

Carbonates

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2
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Rock deposits that formed as precipitates from evaporation.

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Evaporites

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3
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Dominantly composed of silica.

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Siliceous deposits

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4
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Organic-dominated rocks.

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Organic carbonaceous rocks

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5
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Dominantly composed of iron.

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Ironstone

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6
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Dominantly composed of phosphate minerals.

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Phospates

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7
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Calcareous minerals

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calcite, aragonite dolomite, and siderite.

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8
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Sedimentary rocks dominantly composed of calcite.

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Limestone

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9
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Sedimentary rocks dominantly composed of dolomite.

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Dolostone

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10
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A process where dolostone are products of diagenetic processes
that converted calcite
carbonates to dolomite.

A

Dolomitization

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11
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sand- to gravel-sized carbonate particles that include shells, ooids, limeclasts, and peloids.

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Grains

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12
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Other term for grains

A

Allochem

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13
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Mud-sized carbonate particles in limestones and dolostones.

A

Micrite

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14
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The process where micro-boring activity
of blue-green, cyanophyte bacteria.

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Micritization

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15
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made up of various-sized sediments or pellets composed of carbonate minerals.

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Clastic sedimentary rock

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16
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Clastic carbonates dominantly composed of ooids.

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Oolite

17
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Clastic carbonates dominantly composed of pisoids.

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Pisolite

18
Q

Carbonate rocks
with gravel-sized particles.

A

Calcirudite // dolorudite

19
Q

Carbonate rocks
with sand-sized particles.

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Calcaranite / dolarenite

20
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Carbonate rocks
with mud-sized particles.

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Calcilutite / dololutite

21
Q

A coarse limestone made up of poorly
cemented shells and shell
fragments.

A

Coquina

22
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A soft, porous variety of limestone made up of almost entirely hard parts of microscopic marine organisms.

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Chalk

23
Q

A type of limestone
commonly deposited in caves.

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Travertine

24
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A type of limestone commonly deposited in hot springs.

A

Tufa

25
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<2 mm

A

Ooid

26
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> 2mm

A

Oncoid

27
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> 2 mm

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Pisoid

28
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< 1mm

A

Peloid

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