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Micrite is a
limestone constituent formed of
calcareous particles ranging in
diameter up to four μm
formed by the
recrystallization of lime mud. The term...
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crystals less than 5 μm (0.20 mils) in
length is
described as
micrite. In
fresh carbonate mud,
micrite is
mostly small aragonite needles,
which may precipitate...
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Peloids are
allochems that are
composed of
micrite,
irrespective of size, shape, or origin. The two
primary types of
peloids are
pellets and intraclasts...
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rigid skeletons, and
abundant red algae,
microbial micrite, and
inorganic cement. The
microbial micrite worked to trap sediment. One of the most prominent...
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years ago)) of the Late Jur****ic epoch. It is
formed from
ooliths in a
micrite (fine
grained calcium carbonate) matrix.
There are many
voids in the stone...
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Automicrite is
autochthonous micrite, that is, a
carbonate mud
precipitated in situ (no transporting) and made up of fine-grained
calcite or aragonite...
- size (> 2 mm)
Contains carbonate mud (
micrite, silt/clay size <63 μm)
Fabric supported by
carbonate mud (
micrite, <63 μm) 10% or more
composed of 63 μm...
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means that
their textures are
similar to that of collophane, or fine
micrite-like texture.
Phosphatic grains may be
accompanied by
organic matter, clay...
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limestones are also
considered matrix-supported due to the
predominance of
micrite (as
opposed to, for example, macrofossils). Leigh, Sebastian; Hartley,...
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calcium carbonate (called calcite) ac****ulated
forming lime mud (called
micrite)
which covered the sea floor.
Small particles of sand or
organic detritus...
