Primary Structures &Color Flashcards by Jordan Nemiroff | Brainscape

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Stratification

Layers in a sedimentary rock called beds

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Turbidites

Graded beds fining upward sedimentary sequences

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Ripple Marks

Periodic Waves of Sand

Flowing water or wind
Sand and Silts
Types: Asmmetrical and Symmetrical

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Mudcracks

Due to desiccation of mud

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Fossils

Evidence of past life

Mold
Cast
Trace Fossils are most common

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Reddish or Pink

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Fe2O₃ (Hematite)

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Yellow or brown

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FeO(OH)

Limonite

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Grey or Black

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Carbon, organic debris

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