Definition of Packstone. Meaning of Packstone. Synonyms of Packstone

- Under the Dunham classification (Dunham, 1962) system of limestones, a packstone is defined as a grain-supported carbonate rock that contains 1% or more...
- Wackestone a mud-supported carbonate lithology containing >10% grains. Packstone a grain-supported fabric containing 1% or more mud-grade fraction. Grainstone...
- v t e Dunham classification rocks Mudstone Wackestone Packstone Grainstone Floatstone Rudstone Bafflestone Bindstone Framestone...
- spp. Nummulitic wacke-packstone ****ilina wacke-packstone A foraminifera Present in minor quantity in the nummulitic wacke-packstone, and as the dominant...
- and cross-bedded packstone to grainstone, which are porous and therefore less compact. B-5 was a 4 m (13 ft)-thick layer of packstone to wackestone limestone...
- cream to light-brown or tan, poorly hardened to very hard, grainstone, packstone and wackestone, with rare mudstone. Fossils found throughout but not densely...
- (260 ft) Midale Beds Osagian oolitic to pisolitic and skeletal grainstone to packstone with vuggy porosity, dolomite, porous wackestone 45 m (150 ft) Frobisher...
- Thin section photomicrograph of Orbitolinid foraminifera floatstone with a fragmented bioclast packstone matrix, plane polarised light...
- the Eramosa Formation. This formation is typically a thinly laminated packstone and grainstone. There are stromatolite beds as well as corals preserved...
- v t e Dunham classification rocks Mudstone Wackestone Packstone Grainstone Floatstone Rudstone Bafflestone Bindstone Framestone...