Carbonate Microfacies

Carbonate Classification

Original components (< 2 mm) not bound together at depositionOriginal components (< 2 mm) not bound together at depositionContains Mud(particle of clay and fine size silt[Not supported by viewer]Lacks MudLacks MudMud-supportedMud-supportedGrain-supportedGrain-supportedLess than10% GrainsLess than<br>10% GrainsOriginal components bound together at deposition. Intergrown skeletal material, lamination contrary to gravity, or cavities floored by sediment, roofed over by organic material but too large to be interstices[Not supported by viewer]More than10% GrainsMore than<br>10% GrainsLess than10% Mud%3CmxGraphModel%3E%3Croot%3E%3CmxCell%20id%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3CmxCell%20id%3D%221%22%20parent%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3CmxCell%20id%3D%222%22%20value%3D%22More%20than%26lt%3Bbr%26gt%3B10%25%20Grains%22%20style%3D%22rounded%3D0%3BwhiteSpace%3Dwrap%3Bhtml%3D1%3BfontSize%3D16%3B%22%20vertex%3D%221%22%20parent%3D%221%22%3E%3CmxGeometry%20x%3D%22140%22%20y%3D%22200%22%20width%3D%22120%22%20height%3D%22100%22%20as%3D%22geometry%22%2F%3E%3C%2FmxCell%3E%3C%2Froot%3E%3C%2FmxGraphModel%3E[Not supported by viewer]No mudNo mudMudstoneMudstoneWackestoneWackestonePackstonePackstoneGrainstoneGrainstoneBoundstoneBoundstone
Dunham classification

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