Petrographic classification of sand and sandstone

Petrographic classifications of sand and sandstone proposed more than half a century ago are still in use, although they were formulated at a time when depositional and post-depositional sedimentary processes were poorly understood, and before the relationships between tectonics and sedimentation co...

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Published in:Earth-science reviews 2019-05, Vol.192, p.545-563
Main Author: Garzanti, Eduardo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chert, carbonate, and evaporite grains
Classification of modern river, turbidite, and desert sand
deserts
durability
feldspar
Gazzi-Dickinson method
Greywacke and arkose
nomen novum
Plate-tectonic setting
QFL diagram
quartz
rivers
Rock fragments
sand
sandstone
Sandstone petrology
Sediment provenance
tectonics
terminology
texture
Texture and composition
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