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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...
- defined: Mudstone a mud-supported carbonate rock containing <10% grains. Wackestone a mud-supported carbonate lithology containing >10% grains. Packstone...
- of 'grains' in the sample - in consequence, misidentifying mudstone as wackestone and vice versa. The original Dunham classification (1962) defined the...
- temperature water Turbidite – Geologic deposit of a turbidity current Wackestone – Mud-supported carbonate rock that contains greater than 10% grains Anthracite –...
- Member, and uppermost Venice Member. The Bellepoint Member consists of wackestones and packstones, which ac****ulated as muddy shoals and contain a large...
- environments: the shoals of the shelf margin, lagoonal evaporites, and the wackestones and packstones in the tidal flats. These environments result from the...
- carbonate mudstones Other carbonate-rich siliciclastic mudstones and Wackestones Location Region Idaho, Utah Country United States Type section Named...
- v t e Dunham classification rocks Mudstone Wackestone Packstone Grainstone Floatstone Rudstone Bafflestone Bindstone Framestone...
- sequence is identified in the Castletown area: Knockcrushen Formation (wackestones, packstones and mudstones; of Holkerian age) Derbyhaven Formation (packstones...
- v t e Dunham classification rocks Mudstone Wackestone Packstone Grainstone Floatstone Rudstone Bafflestone Bindstone Framestone...