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Exercise 8
Exercise 8
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1) What is the Dunham texture classification term for the carbonate rock in the image?
Packstone
Grainstone
Rudstone
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2) What is the grain in the centre of the image?
Nummulites
Microcodium
Lepidocyclina
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3) What is the Dunham texture classification term for the carbonate rock in the image?
Wackestone
Packstone
Grainstone
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4) When did the blue-stained Ferroan calcite cement form?
Meteoric diagenesis
Marine diagenesis
Burial diagenesis
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5) What is the name of the pink stained calcite cement around the crinoid fragment in the centre of the image?
Syntaxial calcite
Ferroan calcite
Poikilotopic calcite
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6) What is the Dunham texture classification term for the carbonate rock in the image?
Wackestone
Packstone
Calci-mudstone
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7) What are the voids filled by crystals in the centre of the image?
Fenestrae
Intraparticle pores
Dissolution vugs
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8) What are the rhombic unstained crystals within the voids and micrite?
Quartz
Calcite
Dolomite
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9) What is the Dunham texture classification term for the carbonate rock in the image (horizontal field of view 3 mm wide)?
Wackestone
Grainstone
Packstone
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10) What are the grains?
Red algae Lithophyllum
Green algae Koninckopora
Corals
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Exercise 8
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