Page 130 - Petrology of Sedimentary Rocks

SANDSTONE TYPES:

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RESULT OF PROVENANCE TECTONICS
(MODIFIED BY: CLIMATE, DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT, DIAGENESIS, ETC.)

DIAGNOSTIC MINERALS COMMON
TEXTURAL
.- _. I *Plag,, VRF MATURITY;‘;
I . . I I I1
Q Quiescence,
K Kraton
sually HIGH
Quiescence, on
Q Welt or Neo- c I i 'I-
kraton
sual ly MODERATE
R Rejuvenation
Horizontal
5 DH Deformation
E
r Vertical
z D,, Deformation on
Neokraton
sually LOW
Vertical
D Deformation on
V *Directly a function
Kraton of envi ronment; but
L
e proportion of en-
vi ronments depends
Extrusive on dynamic geomorph
)( Activity ology, i.e.,
( Independent)
Tectonics
Plutonic Low- rank Sedimentary Volcanic
Metamorphic
G M S X

- PROVENANCE -
Thickness of lenses shows abundance (estimated) of rock types formed by
each combination. Dotted = Quartzareni tes.

TECTONIC ENDPOINTS
Little Differential Deformation Much Differential Deformation
Qu i escence
Horizontal Deformat ion DH
on Kraton (Q,) on Neokraton (Q)

rusting

REJUVENATION (R)

Old source merely uplifted