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COQUINOID LIMESTONE [1 record]

Record 1 2011-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geochemistry
  • Petrography
DEF

A limestone consisting of coarse, unsorted, and often unbroken shelly materials that have accumulated in place without subsequent transportation or agitation, and generally having a fine-grained matrix.

OBS

[Coquinoid limestone] is autochthonous, unlike the allochthonous coquina; under certain conditions it can develop into a biostrome.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géochimie
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Calcaire composé principalement de coquilles de bivalves.

CONT

Les calcaires coquilliers proviennent de l'accumulation et de la consolidation par cimentation des coquilles de Lamellibranches, Gastéropodes, Brachiopodes, Ostrapodes, etc.

Spanish

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