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REFERENCES
*J.F. Burst, Bull. A.A.P.G., Vol.53, No. 1,
Pg. 73-93,1969.
GLOSSARY OF TERMS:
Argillaceous- containing clay or clay
minerals.
Clastic- made up of fragments of
preexisting rocks.
Diagenesis- all chemical and physical
changes a sediment undergoes from the time
of deposition to the formation of a rock.
Fissile- splitting into thin parallel layers.
Lithification- conversion of a sediment to a
rock by geologic processes.
Petrology- the science dealing with the
origin, history, occurance, structure,
chemical composition and classification of
rocks.
Plastic Limit- lowest moisture content that
permits clay to form a coherent mass.