Pisolites & Oncoids ( Pis/9/Jur/Pak )
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5x
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5x cross nicols
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5x wave plate
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10x wave plate
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Outstanding feature | Marine algal oncolites nucleated about pelecypod valves |
Folk Classification | Poorly washed Fossiliferous Pisosparite |
Dunham Classification | Fossiliferous Pisolitic Packstone |
Common Grains | Oncoids, pelecypod valves, grapestones, pellets and spicules |
Sorting | Bimodal sorted |
Rounding | rounded grains |
Micritization & envelopes | Common alteration of margins of bioclasts |
Cement & diagenetic fabric | Calcite spar & micrite cement. Marine & then burial diagenesis |
Porosity | |
Depositional Setting | Moderate energy |
Diagenetic history | Micritized, then a rim cement followed by equant spar during burial. |
This oncoid rich carbonate accumulated in a moderate energy open marine setting, since there are both bioclasts and algae associated. The bimodality suggests there were several sources for the sediment, which shows some level of winnowing of the fine grained micrites. The setting of these sediments appears to have ranged from higher energy marine, like a channeld to some level of protection on an adjacent shoal. The sediment grains show evidence of micritization in a marine setting followed by the effects of a bladed rim cment preciptated during early burial and a later final void fill equant spar.
Thursday, November 11, 2021