Definition of Wackestones. Meaning of Wackestones. Synonyms of Wackestones

- 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...
- environments: the shoals of the shelf margin, lagoonal evaporites, and the wackestones and packstones in the tidal flats. These environments result from the...
- Member, and uppermost Venice Member. The Bellepoint Member consists of wackestones and packstones, which ac****ulated as muddy shoals and contain a large...
- 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...
- temperature water Turbidite – Geologic deposit of a turbidity current Wackestone – Mud-supported carbonate rock that contains greater than 10% grains Anthracite –...
- forming. The Mauddud formation is made up of shallow marine, bioclast wackestone, grainstone, and shoal surrounded by lagoonal dolomite. Lastly, the Wara...
- v t e Dunham classification rocks Mudstone Wackestone Packstone Grainstone Floatstone Rudstone Bafflestone Bindstone Framestone...