DIAGENESIS

Question 1

occurs in the form of syntaxial quartz overgrowths in which the silica that precipitates from pore solutions that initially nucleates on a pre-existing detrital quartz grain.

Answer 1

SILICA MINERALS

Question 2

most abundant type of silica cement

Answer 2

QUARTZ

Question 3

Most abundant in sandstones and gravelstones

Answer 3

CARBONATE MINERALS

Question 4

most abundant carbonate mineral cement

Answer 4

CALCITE

Question 5

Third most common cementing agents

Answer 5

IRON OXIDES & HYRDOXIDES

Question 6

chief iron oxide and hydroxide cements

Answer 6

Hematite, goethite, and limonite

Question 7

Occurs in feldspar-rich detrital sedimentary rocks as arkosic sandstones and gravelstones

Answer 7

FELDSPARS

Question 8

Clay mineral stabilities strongly controlled by temperature and pH

Answer 8

CLAY MINERALS

Question 9

shallow diagenesis that occurs shortly after burial

Answer 9

EODIAGENESIS

Question 10

deeper diagenesis

Answer 10

MESODIAGENESIS

Question 11

shallow diagenesis that occurs as sedimentary rocks approach the surface due to erosion

Answer 11

TELODIAGENESIS