Simple Lithology

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generic sandstone

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

definition

Sedimentary rock in which less than 30 percent of particles are greater than 2 mm in diameter (gravel) and the sand to mud ratio is at least 1.

source

SLTTs 2004; Neuendorf et al. 2005; 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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broader

sedimentary rock

	narrower	generic sandstone

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narrower

clastic sandstone

	broader	generic sandstone

grainstone

	related	generic sandstone