Sedimentology and Stratigraphy

5.

Sedimentary Structures

5.1.

Primary Depositional Structures

5.1.1.

Stratification and Bedding

5.1.1.1.

5.1.1.2.

5.1.1.3.

Massive Bedding

5.1.1.4.

5.1.1.4.1.

5.1.1.4.2.

Reverse Grading

5.1.1.4.3.

Multiple Grading

5.1.2.

Bedforms and Cross-Stratification

5.1.2.1.

5.1.2.1.1.

Current Ripples

5.1.2.1.2.

5.1.2.1.3.

Combined Flow Ripples

5.1.2.2.

5.1.2.3.

5.1.2.4.

5.1.2.5.

Cross-Bedding Types

5.1.2.5.1.

Planar Cross-Bedding

5.1.2.5.2.

Trough Cross-Bedding

5.1.2.5.3.

Herringbone Cross-Bedding

5.1.2.6.

Cross-Lamination

5.1.2.7.

Hummocky Cross-Stratification

5.1.2.8.

Swaley Cross-Stratification

5.1.3.

Heterolithic Bedding

5.1.3.1.

5.1.3.2.

5.1.3.3.

Lenticular Bedding

5.2.

Post-Depositional Structures

5.2.1.

Bedding Plane Markings

5.2.1.1.

5.2.1.1.1.

5.2.1.1.2.

5.2.1.1.3.

5.2.1.1.4.

5.2.1.2.

5.2.1.3.

5.2.1.4.

Raindrop Imprints

5.2.1.5.

Salt Crystal Casts

5.2.1.6.

Foam Impressions

5.2.2.

Soft-Sediment Deformation Structures

5.2.2.1.

5.2.2.2.

Flame Structures

5.2.2.3.

Convolute Bedding

5.2.2.4.

Slump Structures

5.2.2.5.

Ball-and-Pillow Structures

5.2.2.6.

Dish and Pillar Structures

5.2.2.7.

Injection Structures

5.3.

Biogenic Structures

5.3.1.

5.3.1.1.

5.3.1.2.

Tracks and Trails

5.3.1.3.

5.3.1.4.

Feeding Structures

5.3.1.5.

5.3.2.

Behavioral Classification

5.3.2.1.

5.3.2.2.

5.3.2.3.

5.3.2.4.

5.3.2.5.

5.3.3.

5.3.3.1.

Skolithos Ichnofacies

5.3.3.2.

Cruziana Ichnofacies

5.3.3.3.

Zoophycos Ichnofacies

5.3.3.4.

Nereites Ichnofacies

5.3.3.5.

Glossifungites Ichnofacies

5.3.4.

Bioturbation Intensity

5.3.5.

Preservation of Biogenic Structures

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