Simple Lithology

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mud

http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/lithology/mud

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clastic sediment

narrower	mud

mud size sediment

narrower	mud

definition

Clastic sediment consisting of less than 30 percent gravel-size (2 mm) particles and with a mud-size to sand-size particle ratio greater than 1. More than half of the particles are of epiclastic origin.

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clay

broader	mud

silt

broader	mud

source

definition of mud from SLTTs 2004 muddy sediment; particle sizes defined from Krumbein phi scale (W C Krumbein and L L Sloss, Stratigraphy and Sedimentation, 2nd edition, Freeman, San Francisco, 1963; Krumbein and Pettijohn, 1938, Manual of Sedimentary Petrography: New York, Appleton Century Co., Inc.)

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mud