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ooid cortex. Both in
tangential and in
radial ooids, the
cortex is
composed of many very fine
increments of growth. Some
modern (and ancient)
ooids partially...
- from
ooids,
spherical grains composed of
concentric layers. Strictly,
oolites consist of
ooids of
diameter 0.25–2 millimetres;
rocks composed of
ooids larger...
-
irregular in shape.
Limestone composed mostly of
ooids is
called an
oolite or
sometimes an
oolitic limestone.
Ooids form in high-energy environments, such as...
- are
concretionary grains –
typically of
calcium carbonate which resemble ooids, but are more than 2 mm in diameter.
These grains are
approximately spherical...
- to air or water, and its
ooids do not have a
calcite mosaic around the nucleus. Uranium-thorium
dating indicates that the
ooids in the Fort
Dallas and Key...
- dictionary.
Oolitic may
refer to: Oolite, a
sedimentary rock
consisting of
ooids Oolitic, Indiana, a town
whose name came from the
underlying limestone Oolitic...
-
sedimentary rock
containing kerogen Oolite –
Sedimentary rock
formed from
ooids Phosphorite –
Sedimentary rock
containing large amounts of
phosphate minerals...
-
Carbonate ooids on the
surface of a limestone;
Carmel Formation (Middle Jur****ic) of
southern Utah, USA.
Largest is 1.0 mm in diameter....
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constraints on the last aragonite–calcite sea
transition from
early Jur****ic
ooids". Facies. 64 (1): 3. Bibcode:2018Faci...64....3V. doi:10.1007/s10347-017-0516-x...
- grains. The
grains consist of sand-size
grains of
either corals, s****,
ooids, intraclasts, pellets,
fragments of
older limestones and dolomites, other...
