Chemical Sedimentary Rocks (Non-Clastic) Flashcards
Dominantly composed of calcareous components.
Carbonates
Dominantly composed of calcareous components.
Carbonates
Rock deposits that formed as precipitates from evaporation.
Evaporites / Evaporite Deposit
Sedimentary rocks that are dominantly composed of silica.
Siliceous Deposits
Organic-dominated rocks.
Organic carbonaceous rocks
Dominantly composed of iron.
Ironstones
Dominantly composed of phosphate minerals.
Phosphates
Sedimentary rocks dominantly composed of calcite.
Limestone
Sedimentary rocks dominantly composed of dolomite.
Dolostone
A process where dolostone are products of diagenetic processes that converted calcite carbonates to dolomite.
Dolomitization
Mud-sized carbonate particles in limestones and dolostones.
Micrites
sand- to gravel-sized carbonate particles that include shells, ooids, limeclasts, and peloids.
Grains
Grains are also called as
Allochem
The process where micro-boring activity of blue-green, cyanophyte bacteria.
Micritization
can be made up of various-sized sediments or pellets composed of carbonate minerals.
Clastic carbonate
Clastic carbonates dominantly composed of ooids.
Oolite
Clastic carbonates dominantly composed of pisoids.
Pisolite
Carbonate rocks
with gravel-sized particles.
Calcirudite/Dolorudite
Carbonate rocks with sand-sized particles.
Calcarenite/Dolarenite
Carbonate rocks with mud-sized particles.
Calcilutite/Dololutite
A coarse limestone made up of poorly cemented shells and shell fragments.
Coquina
A soft, porous variety of limestone made up of almost entirely hard parts of microscopic marine organisms.
Chalk
A type of limestone
commonly deposited in caves.
Travertine
A type of limestone commonly deposited in hot springs.
Tufa
Commmon term for Stalactites, Stalagmites, and Columns
Speleothems
Carbonate-forming animals that include Snails
Molluscs
Carbonate-forming animals that include Seashells
Bivalves
Carbonate-forming animals that is under the Mollusca Phylum
Gastropods
Carbonate-forming animals that include Sea urchins
Echinoids
Carbonate-forming animals that include Sea Lilies
Crinoids
Carbonate-forming animals that are single-celled organisms composed of calcite
Foraminifera
Carbonate-forming animals that include Corals
Cnidaria
Carbonate-forming plant that is an important source of biogenic carbonates
Algae
Carbonate-forming plant characterized as a Red Algae that encrust surfaces
Rhodophyta
Carbonate-forming plant characterized as a Green, rod-shaped algae
Chlorophyta
Carbonate-forming plant characterized as a Yellow-Green Algae
Nanoplankton
An important prehistoric Carbonate-forming organism
Cyanobacteria
A Phytoplankton with Calcite test
Coccolithophore
Non-clastic Sedimentary rock formed via precipitating solutions
Evaporites / Evaporite Deposit
Most commonly encountered evaporite minerals in sedimentary rocks.
Gypsum (CaSO4-2H2O)
Anhydrite (CaSO4)
How many percent volume of water evaporates to precipitate into Gypsum and Anhydrite?
19%
Precipitates as thick crystalline beds
Halite (NaCl)
How many percent volume of water evaporates to precipitate into Halite?
9.5%
Sequence of Evaporites Deposition
- Calcite
- Gypsum
- Anhydrite
- Halite
- Sylvite
- Carnallite
Non-clastic sedimentary rocks dominantly composed of silica. Forms through accumulation of silicieous skeletons
Siliceous / Siliceous Deposits
Enumerate the two siliceous skeletons
Diatoms (Phytoplankton) and Radiolaria (Zooplankton)