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Sedimentry Rocks Flashcards

1
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Complete this series:
weathering –> _______________ –> deposition –> _____________

A

transportation, lithofication

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What are the two types of weathering?

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mechanical & chemical

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3
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Where does mechanical weathering typically happen?

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at the surface

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4
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What are some common transporting agents?

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air, water, ice/glaciers, gravity (ie landslides)

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5
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Deposition is due to change in __________.

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velocity

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What are the two types of lithification?

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compaction & sedimentation

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How might compaction happen?

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Sediments get buried and gravity and pressure compacts them

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8
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What are some common types of cement?

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hematite, calcite, silica

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What might a large grain in a sedimentary rock say about energy and where it’s from?

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You can assume fast water or some other high energy depositing agent. Also, it’s generally close to where it came from.

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10
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What would the grain size be for a low energy deposition agent? And would that grain be from close by or far away?

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Fine.
It came from far away.

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11
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A sedimentary rock has layers of fine grain, followed by layers of course. What does this mean?

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Change in energy for the deposition environment.

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12
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What does grain angularity/roundness say about distance traveled?

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The rounder it is, the farther it traveled generally.

** Grain size is overriding factor tho!

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13
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What does it mean to say well sorted in terms of sedimentary rocks?

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If all the grains are the same size. Also tells about how long the deposition event was. If it’s well sorted them it took place over a period of time, like a beach.

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14
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What are some different types of bedding features?

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parallel bedding, cross bedding, herring bone cross bedding

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15
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When trying to determine direction of current on a ripple mark thats asymmetrical?

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It would come from the more gentle slope side in the direction of the steep side.

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What would create a bi-directional ripple mark? Uni-directional?

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A tidal situation would create bi-directional. Rivers (which generally go in one direction) would create uni.

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17
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What would create an egg carton shaped ripple mark?

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Something in waist height water would create an interference ripple in a tidal dominated environment

18
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There are environments with giant ripple-like structures. What does this say?

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these would be dunes

19
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Completely explain the difference between detrital and chemical (biochemical and inorganic chemical) sedimentary rocks including an example of each.

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Detrital sed rx are created via accumulation of material that originates and is transported as solid particles derived from both mechanical and chemical weathering. Chemical sed rx are from soluable material produced largely by chemical weathering — dissolved substances are precipitated by either inorganic or organic processes. An example of det rx are shale, sandstone, conglomerates and breccia. Chemical are limestone, chalk and coral reefs.

20
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Completely explain the process of lithification.

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Lithification refers to the process by which unconsolidated sediments are transformed into solid sedimentary rocks. Compaction is the accumulation of material over a period of time that is buried. The weight of the layers burying the material presses the grains closer and closer together and reduces the pore space.
Sedimentation is when liquids carry materials through open spaces of rocks, and act as a cement. Calcite silica and iron oxide are the most common of these cements eventually creating a whole rock body.

21
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What is chemical weathering

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Breaking down ionic bonds and rebonding to precipitate out minerals

22
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What is a course, rounded grained sedimentary rock called?

A

Conglomerate

23
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What is a course, angular grained sedimentary rock called?

A

Breccia

24
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What is a sediment generally classified as with grain size bigger than 256mm?

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Boulder

25
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What is a sediment generally classified as with grain size between 64-256mm?

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Cobble

26
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What is a sediment generally classified as with grain size between 4-64mm?

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Pebble

27
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What is a sediment generally classified as with grain size between 2-4mm?

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Granule

28
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What is a sediment generally classified as with grain size between 2-1/6mm?

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sand

29
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What is a sediment generally classified as with grain size between 1/16 - 1/256mm?

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Silt

30
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What is a sediment generally classified as with grain size less than 1/256mm?

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Clay (which is also the name of mineral sheet silicates)

31
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What is one way you can tell the difference between silt and clay grain sizes?

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Clay tastes slimy whereas silt tastes a little more grainey.

32
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Together, what are boulders, cobbles, peddles, and granules called as a group?

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Gravel sized

33
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Together, what are silt & clays called as a group?

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Mud sized

34
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What is an example of a detrital, fine (mud sized) grain sed rx?

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Shale

35
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What is an example of a detrital, intermediate (sand sized) grain sed rx?

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Sandstone

36
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What is an example of a detrital, course (gravel sized) grain sed rx?

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If it’s rounded, Conglomerate.
If it’s angular, Breccia.

37
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What is a sandstone called when it contains quartz.

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Quartz sandstone.

38
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What do you call a group of sedimentary rocks that are chemical, inorganic and resulting from precipitation from liquids? What are some minerals formed in this way?

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Evaporates.

Halite, calcite and gypsum

39
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What is a sandstone called when it contains felspar?

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Arkose

40
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What are some examples of sedimentary rocks that are chemical, biochemical and resulting from precipitation from liquids and related to life processes?

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Coquina, chalk, reef rocks.

41
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What do you call sed rx mostly made out of calcite?

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Limestone.

if they have ooids, they are oolithic limestones.

42
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What are corals?

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Anemones in skeletons.

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