Microscopic

Mid Intertidal Crust - Source of Grapestones (Int/3/Hol/AbuD)

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Outstanding feature Mix of peloids, intraclasts & bioclasts
Folk Classification Porous pel intramicrite
Dunham Classification Porous pel intraclastic packstone
Common Grains Peloids, grapestones & bioclasts
Sorting Moderate to poor
Rounding Grains commonly rounded
Micritization & envelopes Grains commonly micritized
Cement & diagenetic fabric Cemented by micrite
Porosity 30% intraparticle
Depositional Setting Interitdal sediment surface crust
Diagenetic history Alteration and cementation by micrite

Surface "hardground" crust from the seaward margin of the algal flats of the Khor Al Bazam


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