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Key To Core Sedimentology Log

Stratification type BED BOUNDARIES
Climbing current Hummocky cross-bedding Dewatering (dish, pipe
Trough cross-bedding Mottled fabric
ripple cross-lamination Wavy lamination and sheet structures)

Planar Mudclasts and

current ripple Desiccation crack Load and
Planar cross-bedding undifferentiated rigid clasts gradational (g)
Trough lamination flame structures
- organisation/fabric
SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES

Wave-ripple lamination Pedogenic fabric (ped and

Dolocrete/rhizocretions Synaeresis (outside grain
Low angle lamination Combined flow ripple
(in sedimentary columns) size profile) cutan development)
lamination
Clean, well-defined, cm-thick Mud draped cross-laminae Curved, randomly orientated sharp (s)
Dololcrete/rhizocretions Poorly developed ped
aeolian avalanche strata and crossbeds (displayed slickensided features (outside
(in lithology columns) and cutans
(dashed where diffuse) in lithology column) grain size profile)
Preserved wind-ripple Mm-scale lattice pattern erosive (e)
Clean, mm-thick, aeolian Irregular bedding Slump (outside grain
foresets (outside grain (crystallaria; dolomite,
wind-ripple laminae size profile)
size profile) quartz or anhydrite fill)

Burrows/Biogenic Structures tectonised (t)

Pellet lined burrows mm-scale sand-filled Vertical spreiten/backfilled 'U' burrows eg. Arenicolites,
burrows eg. Planolites Gyrolithes burrows eg. Diplocraterion, deformed (d)
eg. Ophiomorpha Diplocraterion (with spreiten)
Tigillites
cm-scale horizontal Phycosiphon a Horizontal spreiten filled rubble (r)
Undifferentiated burrows: Collapse/escape burrows
sand-filled burrows - (inside graphic profile) burrows eg. (a)Teichichnus
mud-filled eg. Monocraterion b
eg. Thalassinoides - (outside graphic profile) zigzag (b)Teichichnus rectus
Horizontal spreiten/
Simple vertical burrows
Conichnus Helminthopsis meniscate burrows Chondrites
eg. Skolithos
eg. Rhizocorallium injected (i)
Clustered burrows Meniscate/spreiten
Bergaueria Macronichnus Scolicia burrows eg.
eg. Schaubcylindrichnus
Zoophycos, Taenidium
Single burrow Conical vertical burrows Concentric burrow-fills
Mud-lined burrows Root traces
eg. Terebellina eg. Rosselia, Cylindrichnus eg. Asterosoma,
eg. Palaeophycus
Phoebichnus

Lithology Lithological qualifiers TRENDS

g - glauconite m - mica Trends
Mudstone Heterolithics Limestone Anhydrite/Gypsum ph - phosphate f - feldspar
(sand dominated) Major fining-up/
c - comminuted carbonaceous detritus
muddying-up
(in lithology column)
Heterolithics packages
Siltstone (mud dominated) Dolomite Halite (certain/uncertain)
Extraformational clast qualifiers
Extraformational clasts are assumed to be Major coarsening/
Conglomerate/
Sandstone Marl Tuff/Volcaniclastic sandstone unless qualified in the remarks sandying-up
Breccia
GRAPHIC LITHOLOGY

column, or, eg. packages

Gr - granitic Sc - schistose (certain/uncertain)
Argillaceous Coal Chalk Igneous/Metamorphic Gb - gabbro Gs - gneiss
Sandstone Minor fining-up/
B - basaltic Ch - chalk
muddying-up
Clasts (see also sedimentary structures for representation) packages
Reworked pedogenic clasts (certain/uncertain)
c (in lithology column only and
Quartz Plant detritus Coal fragment Ooids Minor coarsening/
c coloured according to
composition) sandying-up
Extraformational Comminuted carbonaceous c Carbonaceous drapes packages
c c c Intraformational mudclasts Sandstone clast
clasts c detritus (in lithology column) (certain/uncertain)
c

Bioclasts d Drying-upward
trend
Bivalves (articulated) Ammonite Crinoid ossicles/ Fish debris Serpulids
Echinoid spine Wetting-upward
w trend
Bivalves (disarticulated) Belemnites Sponge spicules Foraminifera (undifferentiated) Arthropod

AEOLIAN
Gastropod Echinoderm fragments Coral Ostracods Amber STRATIFICATION
TYPES & OTHER
PROCESSES
Fractures Cements (calcite pink unless coloured differently and qualified)
FRACTURES AND CEMENTS

Aeolian avalanche
Zone of intense Diffuse strata
O Open fractures Grain shear Mm-scale nodules
fracturing boundaries Wind-ripple laminae
Sealed fracture Septarian fracture Disseminated Grainfall laminae
Closed fractures system Cm-scale nodules
(stylolitised) cement
Sabkha
r
Si Cemented fractures Stylolite - incipient Coring-induced Weakly cemented Bitumen
Waterlain

Granulation seam Microfault Pervasively cemented

gs Stylolite - pronounced
(normal/reverse)
COLOUR AND
Coloured according to cement type. HYDROCARBON
Qualifiers (applies to cements and fracture fills) STAIN
q - quartz s - siderite ka - kaolinite sp - sphalerite cl - clay lined
ca - calcite chl - chlorite ph - phosphate ba - barite p - pyrite Hydrocarbon Stain
d - dolomite h - haematite ga - galena an - anhydrite ha - halite
Weak to moderate
MUD CONTENT AND

Mud Content Bioturbation Index Pedogenesis Strong

BIOTURBATION

(matrix only) Diversity Intensity

Intense

0 trace/absent 0 absent 0 no bioturbation recognised 0 trace/absent

Core colour - As shown
1 low 1 rare bioturbation with distinctively preserved bedding boundaries/ 1 low
1 low (<3 traces) stratification, isolated traces may be widely distributed
2 moderate SEQUENCE
2 common bioturbation with poorly preserved bedding boundaries/stratification 2 moderate
3 high
2 moderate (3-5 traces) STRATIGRAPHIC
3 intense bioturbation with completely disturbed bedding 3 high
SURFACES
4 very high/mud 3 high (>5 traces)
boundaries/stratification, individual traces may be difficult to identify

Non-deltaic coastline - shallow marine or lacustrine

1 1st order surface
(Number denotes
Cgm Matrix-supported conglomerate CG Conglomerates
FS Foreshore order of surface)
Cgc Clast-supported conglomerate PCG Pseudoconglomerate beds (injected sandstone into
mudrocks) USF Upper shoreface Blue Flooding surface
Sm Massive sandstone ASt1 Aeolian packages dominated by high-angle
avalanche strata Red Erosive/Forced
LSF Lower shoreface
Aeolian packages dominated by high-angle avalanche regressive surface/
Sx High-angle cross-stratified sandstone (typically >10°) ASt2
strata with preserved low-angle wind-rippled bases OTZ Offshore transition zone Sequence boundary
Sl Laminated sandstone (includes low-angle and flat ASt3 Aeolian packages dominated by low-angle wind-
lamination) ripple laminae (c.5 to 15°) OS Offshore mfs Maximum flooding
Rippled sandstone (includes current, climbing and Aeolian packages dominated by low-angle wind-ripple surface
Sr ASt4 laminae (c.<5°), with subordinate evidence of
wave ripple types)
salt-ridge deformation Fluvial/delta-plain/estuarine or lacustrine fs Flooding surface
Sdw Dewatered sandstone S1M Amalgamated massive sandstone beds Channel-fill undifferentiated unless otherwise
Sds Soft-sediment deformed sandstone (includes loading, CH specified, eg. fluvial channel-fill (CHf); distributary frs Forced regressive
slumping, convolute bedding) S1St1 Amalgamated high-angle stratified sandstone beds channel-fill (CHd), estuarine/tidal channel-fill (CHe) surface
Irregularly bedded sandstone (1) due to salt-disruption S1St2 Amalgamated low-angle stratified sandstone beds Alluvial sheets (includes sheetfloods [conglomeratic
Sdi1, Sdi2 (sabkha fabrics); (2) due to synaeresis and salt crystal SS and sand-prone sheets] and intra-/interchannel
SB Sequence boundary
displacement sheets of fluvial/deltaic origin)
S1St3 Amalgamated rippled sandstone beds
Si Injected sandstone S2St1 Amalgamated high-angle stratified sandstone beds,
SF Estuarine/tidal and lake margin sandflats
SAMPLES
with bed caps preserved
Sb Macrobioturbated sandstone (differentiated on mud Amalgamated high-angle stratified sandstone beds,
content: Sb1=clean, Sb2= mud-prone; Sb3= mud-rich) S2St2 CS Crevasse splay/channel-fill T - Thin-section analysis
with bed caps preserved
Argillaceous sandstones are qualified as SAm, SAx, Amalgamated high-angle stratified sandstone beds, S - Scanning electron
SAm, SAx S2St3 FL Floodplain microscope analysis
SAl etc. (applicable for all sandstones above, except Sb) with bed caps preserved
DEPOSITIONAL PACKAGES

X - X-ray diffraction analysis

FACIES ASSOCIATIONS

Sand-prone heterolithics - sand bands >1cm thick S1B/S1D Amalgamated clean bioturbated (B) or irregularly Interdistributary bay; lagoon; estuarine/tidal and lake
bedded disrupted (D) sandstone beds ID/L/MF
and > than mud content; dominated by stratified/rippled margin mudflat C - Cathodoluminescence
Hs sand-mud alternations unless otherwise specified Amalgamated clean to argillaceous bioturbated (B) analysis
S2B/S2D Washover; tidal inlet; tidal delta (barrier associated
(eg. intensely bioturbated Hsb, deformed Hsd) or irregularly bedded/disrupted (D) sandstone beds WO/TI/TD F - Fluid inclusion analysis
Mud-prone bioturbated (B) or irregularly bedded/ sandbodies)
LITHOTYPES

Mud-prone heterolithics - sand bands <1cm thick S3B/S3D D - Stable isotope analysis
disrupted (D) sandstone beds BHD Bayhead delta
< than mud content; dominated by stratified/rippled Mud-rich bioturbated (B) or irregularly bedded/ I - Iatroscan analysis
Hm sand-mud alternations unless otherwise specified S4B/S4D B - Biostratigraphical
disrupted (D) sandstone beds
(eg. intensely bioturbated Hmb, deformed Hmd) Delta-front/prodelta analysis
SHSt Sand-prone heterolithic beds (stratified)
MB Mouthbar Ch - Chemostratigraphical
Mm Massive mudrock analysis
MHSt Mud-prone heterolithic beds (stratified)
Ml Laminated mudrock DF Delta-front
MSt Stratified mudrocks
Mb Bioturbated mudrock Macrobioturbated (B) or irregularly bedded/
PDT Prodelta transition zone ADDITIONAL
MB/MD
Md Deformed/disrupted mudrock
disrupted (D) mudrocks PD Prodelta SYMBOLS AS
MM Massive mudrocks REQUIRED
Mc Carbonaceous mudrock Ephemeral lacustrine and aeolian deposits
MC Carbonaceous mudrocks and coals
C Coal PL Playa flats (salt disrupted fabrics with synaerises
Package suffixes cracks)
Evenly/reverse-graded, cm-scale, tabular cross-bedded .a argillaceous (used for S1St and S2St depositional Sabkha (undifferentiated unless otherwise stated as
SGx sandstone (with possible wedge-shaped toesets and packages only) SB aeolian sabkhas = SBa, fresh-water influenced
bimodal grain size characteristics) .b bioturbated sabkhas SBf)
Distinct, mm-scale 'pin-stripe' laminated sandstone .c carbonaceous Aeolian dune (barchanoid ADb; linear ADi; water
SPl AD
(with bimodal grain size characteristics) .ce cemented intervals or common cemented band deformed dune = ADw)
Suffixes .d draped (used for S1St and S2St only) AS Aeolian sandsheet
.ce cemented bands .dw dewatered
.n nodular cements .ev evaporite disrupted
.mc mudclast-charged .g granular and pebbly
.g granular and pebbly (includes other clast types) .mc mudclast-charged
.p pedogenically mottled .n nodular cements
.v vegetated/rooted .p pedogenically altered
.c carbonaceous .r remobilised (slumped)
.m mud-draped (cross-beds and ripple foresets only) .t tectonised
.u unconsolidated .v vegetated/rooted
Alternative Mixed packages
Dominant/certain Subordinate/uncertain depositional
(colour unimportant) (all lithotypes) (hybrids)
packages

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