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- Under the Dunham classification (Dunham, 1962) system of limestones, a grainstone is defined as a grain-supported carbonate rock that contains less than...
- Incompletely consolidated and poorly cemented coquinas are considered grainstones in the Dunham classification system for carbonate sedimentary rocks....
- interval are predominantly skeletal grainstones or packstones. The ****way and especially the Union contain oolitic grainstones. Numerous solution caves are...
- Packstones with very small volumes of carbonate mud may be misclassified as grainstone. Incorrectly estimating the volume of the component grains >2 mm. Dunham...
- Grainstone with calcitic ooids and sparry calcite cement; Carmel Formation, Middle Jur****ic, of southern Utah, US...
- (lamellibranchs, gastropods, brachiopods), while limestones are bioclastic grainstones or packstones with brachiopods and sea urchin debris. Some sections (e...
- v t e Dunham classification rocks Mudstone Wackestone Packstone Grainstone Floatstone Rudstone Bafflestone Bindstone Framestone...
- calcite crystals inside a recrystallized bivalve s**** in a biopelsparite Grainstone with calcite ooids and sparry calcite cement; Carmel Formation, Middle...
- produce great volumes of carbonate mud. Rocks here are mudstones to grainstones, depending on the energy of the environment. The reef is the rigid structure...
- v t e Dunham classification rocks Mudstone Wackestone Packstone Grainstone Floatstone Rudstone Bafflestone Bindstone Framestone...