Skeletal - Calcareous Algae - Rhodophytae (Al/2/Hol/Palau)
| Outstanding feature |
Goniolothon |
| Folk Classification |
Goniolothon sparite |
| Dunham Classification |
Goniolothon boundstone |
| Common Grains |
Goniolothon fragments |
| Sorting |
None |
| Rounding |
None |
| Micritization & envelopes |
None |
| Cement & diagenetic fabric |
Spar locally fills voids |
| Porosity |
Leached 10% |
| Depositional Setting |
Reef |
| Diagenetic history |
Local micritization but original Goniolothon fabric well preserved |
This is a Goniolothon fragment from the Holocene reefs of Palau Island collected by J. Harlan Johnson
Thursday, November 11, 2021