Concentric Aragonite Ooids - Micritic Peloid Nucleae - Holocene (O/32/Hol/Bah)
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| Outstanding feature |
Aragonite ooids |
| Folk Classification |
Well sorted ooids |
| Dunham Classification |
Well sorted ooids |
| Common Grains |
Aragonite ooids |
| Sorting |
Well sorted |
| Rounding |
Well rounded |
| Micritization & envelopes |
Micritized borings within ooids |
| Cement & diagenetic fabric |
No cement, ooids show some micritization |
| Porosity |
Loose grains in an epoxy matrix |
| Depositional Setting |
High energy shoal |
| Diagenetic history |
Localized micritization |
Aragonite ooid grains that accumulated on high energy ebb delta shoals to the seaward of the Joulters Cays,
Thursday, November 11, 2021