Image Gallery: Lab 3

All images in this gallery are courtesy of OCW.

Sandstone with oscillatory ripples produced in a wave dominated system. Quartz Arenite. Quartz Arenite. Framework Conglomerate. Framework Conglomerate. Matrix-supported conglomerate. Matrix-supported conglomerate. Sandstone with preserved tool marks. Paleo flow was parallel with tool marks, but exact direction of flow can not be known from tool marks. Sandstone with preserved flute marks. Sand/mudstone with preserved convoluted bedding indicating rapid loading of beds. Framework Breccia. Framework Breccia. Framework Breccia. Framework Breccia. Framework Breccia. Framework Breccia. Mudstone. Soft-rock deformation with preserved dewatering pipes from compaction of gray silt. Fining upwards sequence in recent tuff indicating decreasing transport conditions through time. Feldsparic Arenite. Lithic Wacke. Lithic Wacke. Preserved Trace Fossils on top of ripple crest. Matrix-supported Conglomerate. Matrix-supported Conglomerate. Sandstone. Sandstone. Framework conglomerate. Framework conglomerate. Framework conglomerate. Sandstone bored through by bivalves. Sandstone bored through by bivalves. Eolian Sandstone with very good sorting of coarse material and fine material in separated layers. Eolian Sandstone with very good sorting of coarse material and fine material in separated layers. Sandstone with unidirectional ripples preserved that are ~ 5 cm high. Claystone. Feldsparic Arenite. Feldsparic Arenite. Claystone. Rippled Sandstone with vertical borings through sample. Rippled Sandstone with vertical borings through sample. Matrix-supported conglomerate. Preserved casts of mudcracks. Framework Conglomerate. Mudstone. Preserved raindrop indentations in sandstone. Preserved raindrop indentations in sandstone. Bimodal transport directions preserved in ripples in sandstone. Bimodal transport directions preserved in ripples in sandstone. Preserved Hummocky cross-stratification. Preserved Hummocky cross-stratification.