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Overview
Terrigenous (detrital or clastic)
Conglomerate or Breccia
Sandstone
Siltstone
Shale
Chemical/biochemical
Evaporites
Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestones and dolostone)
Siliceous sedimentary rocks
Organic (coals)
Other - ironstones
Sedimentary Structures
Sedimentary Environments
Fossils
Conglomerate
Quartz Sandstone
Shale - fissile
Calcite (CaCO3)
Dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2)
Remember which of these fizzes readily, and
which of these must be scratched or powdered!
Stromatolitic limestone
Sedimentary Structures
Sedimentary structures form in the basin of
deposition, as a result of the action of natural
processes such as waves, currents, drying events,
etc. List of sedimentary structures to know:
Beds or strata
Cross-bedding
Graded beds
Ripple marks
Current ripple marks (asymmetrical ripples)
Oscillation or wave ripple marks (symmetrical ripples)
Mud cracks
Graded bedding
Sedimentary Environments
Sedimentary environments
are places where sediments
accumulate and sedimentary
rocks form. They can be
grouped into:
Terrestrial environments
(non-marine)
Rivers (fluvial environment)
Alluvial fans
Lakes (lacustrine environment)
Swamps
Deserts (aeolian environment)
Glacial environments
Marine environments
Continental shelf
Continental slope and rise (deep sea fans)
Abyssal plain
Reefs
Transitional environments (at the transition
between the marine and non-marine
environments)
Beach and barrier islands
Delta
Lagoons
Estuaries