Sedimentary rock - Deposition, Stratification, Weathering

sedimentary rock

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Introduction
Classification systems
- Terrigenous clastic rocks
- Carbonate rocks: limestones and dolomites
- Noncarbonate chemical sedimentary rocks
Properties of sedimentary rocks
- Texture
  - Grain size
  - Particle shape
  - Fabric
- Mineralogical and geochemical composition
Sedimentary structures
- External stratification
- Bedding types and bedding-plane features
  - Types
  - Bedding-plane features
- Deformation structures
Sedimentary environments
Sedimentary rock types
- Conglomerates and breccias
  - Classification schemes
  - Epiclastic conglomerates and breccias
    - Clast-supported conglomerates
    - Matrix-supported conglomerates
- Sandstones
  - Sandstone components and colour
  - Formation of sandstones today
  - Bedding structure
  - Texture
  - Classification of sandstones
    - Quartz arenites
    - Arkosic sandstones
    - Lithic arenites
    - Wackes
- Mudrocks
  - General properties of shales
  - Origin of shales
  - Shales of economic value
- Limestones and dolomites
  - Mineralogy
  - Textural components
  - Origin of limestones
  - Dolomites and dolomitization
- Siliceous rocks
  - Types of cherts
  - Origin of cherts
- Phosphorites
- Evaporites
  - Nonmarine environment
  - Shallow marine environment
  - Deep-basin environment
- Iron-rich sedimentary rocks
  - Origin of banded iron formation
  - Origin of ironstones
- Organic-rich sedimentary deposits
  - Coal
  - Oil shale
  - Oil and natural gas
Secular trends in the sedimentary rock record

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The sedimentary environment is the specific depositional setting of a particular sedimentary rock and is unique in terms of physical, chemical, and biological characteristics. The physical features of a sedimentary environment include water depth and the velocity and persistence of currents. Chemical characteristics of an environment include the salinity (proportion of dissolved salts), acidity or basicity (pH), oxidation potential (Eh), pressure, and temperature. The biological characteristics are mainly the assemblage of fauna and flora that populate the setting. These conditions, combined with the nature of the transporting agent and the source area, largely determine the properties of the sediments deposited ...(100 of 17457 words)

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