Outstanding feature |
Aragonite ooids |
Folk Classification |
Well sorted ooids |
Dunham Classification |
Well sorted ooids |
Common Grains |
Aragonite ooids |
Sorting |
Well sorted |
Rounding |
Well rounded |
Micritization & envelopes |
Micritized borings within ooids |
Cement & diagenetic fabric |
No cement, ooids show some micritization |
Porosity |
Loose grains in an epoxy matrix |
Depositional Setting |
High energy shoal |
Diagenetic history |
Localized micritization |
Aragonite ooid grains that accumulated on high energy ebb delta shoals to the seaward of the Joulters Cays,