Interpreting ancient environments Archives

Mineralogy of carbonates – skeletal grains

August 30, 2019

A post in the How to… series on carbonate mineralogy Like sandstone, limestones are made up of framework components, variable […]

August 30, 2019

This is the first of a How To…series… on carbonate rocks – the mineralogy of calcite, aragonite and dolomite. If

July 28, 2019

This post is part of the How To…series – using zircon geochronology to decipher provenance Zircon is a common accessory

July 17, 2019

This post is part of the How To…series – Provenance, sedimentary basins and plate tectonics Deciphering the history of sedimentary

July 17, 2019

Provenance – the origin of sand This post is part of the How To… series See the companion posts –

July 2, 2019

This post is part of the How To… series – How to identify matrix and cement in arenites The primary

June 25, 2019

Identifying detrital feldspar. This post is part of the How To… series Quartz may be the most common mineral in

June 25, 2019

This post is part of the How To… series – quartz mineralogy in sandstones Classification of terrigenous sandstones depends on

June 7, 2019

This post is part of the How To… series – how to classify sandstones using QFL plots In science, classification

May 23, 2019

This post is part of the How To… series What processes determine the size distribution of clasts in clastic sediments?