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calcarenite

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calcarenite [kal·kə′rē‚nīt]
(petrology)
A type of limestone or dolomite composed of coral or shell sand or of sand formed by erosion of older limestones, with particle size ranging from ¹⁄₁₆ to 2 millimeters.
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The limestone is described as a cross bedded calcarenite that is mediumto coarse-grained, tan, grey tan, and light grey, porous, and fairly well sorted.
Geology of the Parliament Buildings 5: Geology of the Manitoba ... by Young, Jeff / Geoscience Canada
In the shallow-water carbonate sequences, the Rootsikula and Paadla stages are dominated by cyclically alternating lagoonal dolostones and sparitic calcarenites (often secondarily dolomitized), containing only sporadically impoverished fauna.
Wenlock-Ludlow boundary beds and conodonts of Saaremaa Island, ... by Viira, Viive; Einasto, Rein / Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences: Geology
 
 
 
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