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Sed Rocks
principles of sedimentology and stratigraphy by Boggs
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Geology
Undergraduate 1
03/07/2006

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ALLUVIAL FAN
Definition
1.DEPOSIT AT EDGE OF MOUNTAIN FRONT (OR GLACIER) WHOSE SURFACE FORMS A SEGMENT OF A CONE THAT RADIATES DOWNSLOPE FROM THE STREAM SOURCE

2. DECREASE IN STREAM GRADIENT AT FOOT OF MOUNTAIN & LOSS OF CONFINING CHANNEL RESULTS IN LOSS OF COMPETENCY OF STREAM, SO SEDIMENT IS DEPOSITED
Term
DEBRIS FLOWS
Definition
HIGH DENSITY, HIGH VELOCITY FLOW

POORLY SORTED; 1-3 M THICK

LOBATE TONGUES EXTENDING FROM SHEETS

"OVERSIZE" CLASTS; STRUCTURELESS OR GRADED
Term
MUD FLOWS
Definition
"DEBRIS FLOW" THAT LACKS GRAVEL

<0.5 M THICK; POORLY SORTED; STRUCTURELESS
Term
CHANNEL FLOWS
Definition
TYPICAL BRAIDED STREAM DEPOSITS
Term
SHEET FLOOD
Definition
THIN FLOW OF WATER <0.3 M THICK

SHEET-LIKE SAND &SILT (LITTLE CLAY)

PARALLEL LAMINATIONS; BEDS <0.3 M THICK
Term
SIEVE DEPOSITS
Definition
LOBES OF GRAVEL THAT ARE DEPOSITED WHEN WATER INFILTRATES POROUS SURFACE OF FAN

WELL-SORTED; 1-3 M THICK; CLASTS > 1 M

RARE; STRUCTURELESS; CHIEFLY ON UPPER FAN; LOBATE GEOMETRY
Term
Rip Currents
Definition
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microtidal BACKSHORE
Definition
Dunes = typical eolian stratification; possibly root traces & burrows

Storm beach = same as swash zone
Term
microtidal FORESHORE
Definition
1. Swash zone = parallel laminations dipping <10?seaward (= low angle cross-

beds)

2. Sand waves or dunes = trough and tabular cross-beds
Term
microtidal SHOREFACE
Definition
current ripples & wave ripples & cross laminations formed from them; minor bioturbation
Term
microtidal TRANSITION ZONE
Definition
mud interlaminated with rippled or laminated sand; more

bioturbation than shoreface
Term
Detrital
Definition
is a geological term used to describe particles of rock derived from pre-existing rock through processes of weathering and erosion. Detrital particles can consist of lithic fragments (particles of recogniseable rock), or of monomineralic fragments (mineral grains). These particles are often transported through sedimentary processes into depositional systems such as riverbeds, lakes or the ocean forming sedimentary successions. Diagenetic processes can transform these sediments into rock through cementation and lithification, forming sedimentary rocks such as sandstone. These rocks can then in turn again be weathered
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