Peloid (geology)

Pellets (a type of peloid) and abrachiopodshell visible in alimestonethin-section; Bird Spring Formation (Carboniferous) of southern Nevada.

Peloidsareallochemsthat are composed ofmicrite,irrespective of size, shape, or origin. The two primary types of peloids arepelletsandintraclasts.Another type of peloid is pseudo-oolith.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References[edit]

^Folk, R.L. (1959)Practical petrographic classification of limestones.American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin. 43, pp. 1-38.
^Neuendorf, K.K.E., J.P. Mehl, Jr., and J.A. Jackson, J.A., eds. (2005)Glossary of Geology(5th ed.). Alexandria, Virginia, American Geological Institute. 779 pp.ISBN 0-922152-76-4
^Scholle, P.A., and D.S. Ulmer-Scholle (2003)A Color Guide to the Petrography of Carbonate Rocks: Grains, textures, porosity, diagenesis.American Association of Petroleum Geologists Memoir no. 77. Tulsa, Oklahoma, American Association of Petroleum Geologists. 474 pp.ISBN 0-89181-358-6

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[Folk1959a-1] Folk, R.L. (1959)Practical petrographic classification of limestones.American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin. 43, pp. 1-38.

[NeuendorfOthers2005a-2] Neuendorf, K.K.E., J.P. Mehl, Jr., and J.A. Jackson, J.A., eds. (2005)Glossary of Geology(5th ed.). Alexandria, Virginia, American Geological Institute. 779 pp.ISBN 0-922152-76-4

[ScholleOther2003a-3] Scholle, P.A., and D.S. Ulmer-Scholle (2003)A Color Guide to the Petrography of Carbonate Rocks: Grains, textures, porosity, diagenesis.American Association of Petroleum Geologists Memoir no. 77. Tulsa, Oklahoma, American Association of Petroleum Geologists. 474 pp.ISBN 0-89181-358-6

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