GEOL 1330 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Metamorphic Rock, Clastic Rock, Dune

• School: University of Houston
• Department: Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
• Course: GEOL 1330
• Professor: Michael Murphy

Document Summary

Detrial rocks are classified on the basis of. Size of the grains=energy of the body system. Transportation reduces the size and angularity of particles but does not change their general shape. The pore space are filled in and compressed by the bodies of grains/sands. Precipitated minerals of the pore space by product of grains. The pore space gets lower because it ger compromised by the amount of product of grains. A well sorted sand grains has a higher porosity because it has a range size to fit in the sediment. Could be either in sand dune or ripple mark. Marine biochemical limestone being deposited in shallow water, recording the change. As the current is passing the feature, it"s passing its velocity(1 m/sec), causing the area of the movement gets confined. Slow velocity but when the space gets compromised, the velocity increase when it hit the top point.