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Under the
Dunham classification (Dunham, 1962)
system of limestones, a
wackestone is
defined as a mud-supported
carbonate rock that
contains greater than...
- Member, and
uppermost Venice Member. The
Bellepoint Member consists of
wackestones and packstones,
which ac****ulated as
muddy shoals and
contain a large...
- of 'grains' in the
sample - in consequence,
misidentifying mudstone as
wackestone and vice versa. The
original Dunham classification (1962)
defined the...
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clasts are
supported within a
fabric of mud as they move downstream.
Wackestones and
mudstones under the
Dunham classification of
limestones are also...
- defined:
Mudstone a mud-supported
carbonate rock
containing <10% grains.
Wackestone a mud-supported
carbonate lithology containing >10% grains. Packstone...
- forming. The
Mauddud formation is made up of
shallow marine,
bioclast wackestone, grainstone, and
shoal surrounded by
lagoonal dolomite. Lastly, the Wara...
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temperature water Turbidite –
Geologic deposit of a
turbidity current Wackestone – Mud-supported
carbonate rock that
contains greater than 10%
grains Anthracite –...
- the sand
grade grain-size
fraction -
resulting in
misidentification as
wackestone.
Packstones with very
small volumes of
carbonate mud may be misclassified...
- environments: the
shoals of the
shelf margin,
lagoonal evaporites, and the
wackestones and
packstones in the
tidal flats.
These environments result from the...
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therefore less compact. B-5 was a 4 m (13 ft)-thick
layer of
packstone to
wackestone limestone, and
formed the
upper unsupported part of the arch. The facies...
