Diamictons: |
D(G/S/Si/C) |
Diamicton, gravelly, sandy, silty or clayey. One or more grain-size code letters within brackets |
D( )mm |
Diamicton, matrix-supported, massive |
D( )ms |
Diamicton, matrix-supported, stratified |
D( )mm/ms(s) |
Diamicton, …., sheared |
D( )ms(a) |
Diamicton, …., attenuated |
D( )mm(ng) |
Diamicton, matrix-supported, massive, normally graded |
D( )mm(ig) |
Diamicton, matrix-supported, massive, inversely graded |
Sorted sediment facies, 1st code on grain size:
|
B, Co, G, CoG, G, SG, GS, S, Si, C |
Boulder, Cobble, Cobble-gravel, Gravel, Gravelly-sandy, Sand, Silt, Clay facies |
Sorted sediment facies, 2nd code on clast support system and internal lamination:
|
-- cm |
clast-supported, massive |
-- mm |
matrix-supported, massive |
-- m |
massive |
-- pp |
planar parallel-laminated |
-- l |
laminated (silt, clay) |
-- dp |
delta planar-laminated |
-- tc |
trough cross-laminated |
-- pc |
Planar cross-laminated |
-- r |
Ripple |
-- r(A), r(B) |
type A, type B ripple laminated |
-- r(d) |
draped ripple lamination |
-- lg |
stringer, lag, erosion remnant |
Sorted sediment facies, 3dcode:
|
(o) |
organic-rich |
(ic) |
intra-clasts (e.g., silt, clay in sand) |
(bi) |
bimodal composition |
(im) |
imbricated clast axes |
(ng), (ig) |
normally graded, inversely graded |
(b) |
burrows, bioturbated |
(def) |
deformed |
(dr) |
drop clasts (IRD) |
Organic sediment, 1st code:
|
O |
Organic matter, unspecified |
P |
Peat |
2nd code:
|
cd |
coarse detritus |
fd |
fine detritus |