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geology - SEDIMENTARY ROCK [ index ]
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      < DIAGENESIS >
       grain                      matrix                     cement
       porosity
  
       BIOGENIC                   CHEMICAL                   CLASTIC         
       DETRITAL
  
       organic sedimentary rock

       anhydrite                  breccia                    chalk
       chert                      coquina                    coal            
       conglomerate               dolomite                   gypsum          
       haylite                    limestone                  sandstone       
       shale                      travertine 


  

       deposition environment                              < facies >  
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       REGRESSION                 TRANSGRESSION              TURBIDITY CURRENTS
   
       CLINOTHEM                  CYCLOTHEM                  FONDOTHEM                       
       UNDATHEM         
  
  
       sedimentary rock structure
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       primary structure          secondary structures
  
       BEDDING PLANES             CROSS BEDDING              GRADED BEDS                     
       STRATA 
       
       
       SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY      biostratigraphy        
       chemostratigraphy          chronostratagraphic units       
       lithostratigraphy          magnetostratigraphy