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SEDIMENTARY
ROCKS
ROCK CYCLE
Relative Percentages of
Sedimentary Rocks
SEDIMENT
From
Weathering & Erosion
Precipitation from saturated solution
Product of evaporation
calcite, quartz
halite, gypsum
SEDIMENT
Particle size
Pebbles, cobbles, boulders
Gravel- > 2mm
Sand- 2mm - 0.063mm
Silt - 0.063mm - 0.004mm
Clay- < 0.004
SEDIMENT
Transportation
Abrasion
Rounding
Sorting
Deposition
Preservation
SEDIMENT
Transportation
Abrasion
Rounding
Sorting
Deposition
Preservation
SEDIMENT
Lithification
Compaction
Cementation
Clastic texture
Cements- silica, calcite, iron oxide
Crystallization
Crystalline texture
SEDIMENT
Lithification
Compaction
Cementation
Clastic texture
Cements- silica, calcite, iron oxide
Crystallization
Crystalline texture
SEDIMENT
Lithification
Compaction
Cementation
Clastic texture
Cements- silica, calcite, iron oxide
Crystallization
Crystalline texture
TYPES OF
SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
Clastic or Detrital
Chemical- inorganic precipitation
or evaporation
Biochemical- Organic remains
shells,
CLASTIC (Detrital)
ROCKS
Fine-grained Matrix
Usually from turbidity currents
CLASTIC (Detrital)
ROCKS
Fine-grained Matrix
Usually from turbidity currents
Quartz Sandstone
CLASTIC ROCKS
Fine-grained Rocks
Shale- fissile (in sheets)
Siltstone
Claystone
Mudstone (silt and clay)
CHEMICAL
SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
Carbonate Rocks
Inorganic varieties
Dolomite
Recrystallization
Chert- silica
Evaporites
Rock gypsum
Rock salt
BIOCHEMICAL
SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
Coal
plant fragments
Lignite
Bituminous Coal
Carbonate Rocks
organic varieties
Coquina
Fossiliferous Limestone
Chalk
BIOCHEMICAL
SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
Coal
plant fragments
Lignite
Bituminous Coal
Carbonate Rocks
organic varieties
Coquina
Fossiliferous Limestone
Chalk
SEDIMENTARY
STRUCTURES
SEDIMENTARY
STRUCTURES
DUNES
SEDIMENTARY
STRUCTURES
SEDIMENTARY
STRUCTURES
Mudcracks
SEDIMENTARY
STRUCTURES
Body Fossils
Trace Fossils
FORMATIONS
INTERPRETATION OF
SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
Source Area
Environment of Deposition
Glacial environments
Alluvial fan
Lake
Arkose
Tillites
Delta
INTERPRETATION OF
SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
Source Area
Environment of Deposition
Glacial environments
Alluvial fan
Lake
Arkose
Tillites
Delta
INTERPRETATION OF
SEDIMENTARY ROCK
Environment of Deposition
Lagoon
Reef
Shales
Skeletal Limestones
INTERPRETATION OF
SEDIMENTARY ROCK
Environment of Deposition
Lagoon
Reef
Skeletal Limestones
CALCAREOUS
INTERPRETATION OF
SEDIMENTARY ROCK
Environment of Deposition
Lagoon
Reef
Shales
Skeletal Limestones
INTERPRETATION OF
SEDIMENTARY ROCK
At convergent boundaries
Uplift results in
At transform boundaries
Rapid rates of erosion, deposition and burial
Good basins for petroleum exploration
At divergent boundaries
Resources
Non-Metallic
Sand and gravel
Limestone
Clay
Gypsum
Energy Resources
Oil and gas
Coal
U.S. Coal
Production