Sedimentary Petrology Laboratory Manual

Table of Contents

• Course Syllabus 
• Math Procedures for Scientists
• Grain Morphology: Roundness, Surface Features and Sphericity of Grains
• Sediment or Sand Observation and Description: Grain Size Analysis and Textural Maturity
• Fossils, Fossilization and Taphonomy
• Interpretation of Sedimentary Structures
• Field Description of Sedimentary Rocks
• Determination of Sedimentary Rock Forming Minerals and Modal Analysis
• Sandstone Petrography
• Recognition of Carbonate Allochems (Bioclasts, Ooids and Pelloids)
• Classification of Carbonate Rocks
• Carbonate Diagenesis
• Paleoevnironment Analysis
• Evaporite Rocks
• Ironstone and Phosphorite

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