- A
quartz arenite or
quartzarenite is a
sandstone composed of
greater than 90%
detrital quartz.
Quartz arenites are the most
mature sedimentary rocks possible...
- and Maryland, in the
United States. It is
dominantly conglomerate and
quartzarenite sandstone. In
places it is
abundantly crossbedded. The
Sharon Conglomerate...
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Overlies Martinsburg Formation Thickness approx. 1400 ft
Lithology Primary quartzarenite (sandstone),
conglomerate Location Region Appalachian Mountains Extent...
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folds Numidian Flysch unit
Upper Oligocene–Lower
Miocene 1–1.5km Clays/
quartzarenites Imbricate fans, SW-&SE-vergent
folds Imerese/Sicanian unit Permian-Cenozoic...
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calcitic submature micaceous subarkose Fine sandstone:
supermature quartzarenite Sandy granule conglomerate:
calcitic submature cal****hite Very fine...
- Akhtar, K.; Ahmad, A. H. M. (1
April 1991). "Single-cycle
cratonic quartzarenites produced by
tropical weathering: the
Nimar sandstone (Lower Cretaceous)...
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which is dark
reddish mudstone. Yellowish-grey or greyish-red fine
quartzarenite sandstone makes up
about 16% of the layers, with rare
siltstone and...
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microcoquina S****face,
marine transgression El
Pimiento Biocalcarenite,
quartzarenite S****face
Angostura Formation Early to Mid-Miocene Matrix-supported...
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brown to
light gray, cliff-forming, fine to
medium grained, very
mature quartzarenite sandstone that
weathers to
reddish brown. At the type section, about...
- and Rose Hill
Formation Overlies Juniata Formation Lithology Primary quartzarenite (sandstone)
Other conglomerate Location Region Appalachian Mountains...
