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Under the
Dunham classification (Dunham, 1962)
system of limestones, a
wackestone is
defined as a mud-supported
carbonate rock that
contains greater than...
- of 'grains' in the
sample - in consequence,
misidentifying mudstone as
wackestone and vice versa. The
original Dunham classification (1962)
defined the...
- defined:
Mudstone a mud-supported
carbonate rock
containing <10% grains.
Wackestone a mud-supported
carbonate lithology containing >10% grains. Packstone...
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temperature water Turbidite –
Geologic deposit of a
turbidity current Wackestone – Mud-supported
carbonate rock that
contains greater than 10%
grains Anthracite –...
- range:
Early Pleistocene Type
Formation Lithology Primary Packstone Other Wackestone, grainstone,
floatstone Location Coordinates 24°36′N 79°06′W / 24.6°N...
- the sand
grade grain-size
fraction -
resulting in
misidentification as
wackestone.
Packstones with very
small volumes of
carbonate mud may be misclassified...
- forming. The
Mauddud formation is made up of
shallow marine,
bioclast wackestone, grainstone, and
shoal surrounded by
lagoonal dolomite. Lastly, the Wara...
- light-brown or tan,
poorly hardened to very hard, grainstone,
packstone and
wackestone, with rare mudstone.
Fossils found throughout but not densely.
These limestones...
- v t e
Dunham classification rocks Mudstone Wackestone Packstone Grainstone Floatstone Rudstone Bafflestone Bindstone Framestone...
- and stromatoporoid-coral-crinoid
wackestone-packstone-rudstones,
interbedded with
light grey,
bioclastic wackestone-packstone.
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