Ooids (from Ancient Greek ᾠόν (ōión) 'egg stone') are small (commonly ≤2 mm in diameter), spheroidal, "coated" (layered) sedimentary grains, usually composed...

rocks composed of ooids larger than 2 mm are called pisolites. The term oolith can refer to oolite or individual ooids. Ooids are most commonly composed...

The Varians Oolith Formation is a geologic formation in Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Jurassic period. Earth sciences portal Germany...

The Oolith miliaire is a geologic formation in France. It preserves fossils dating back to the Jurassic period. Earth sciences portal France portal Paleontology...

v. (1841). "Thaumatosaurus oolithicus der fossile Wunder-Saurus aus dem Oolith". Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde:...

of peloids are pellets and intraclasts. Another type of peloid is pseudo-oolith. Folk, R.L. (1959) Practical petrographic classification of limestones....

low-energy environments (characterized by quiet water). Ooids (sometimes called ooliths) are sand-sized grains (less than 2mm in diameter) consisting of one or...

Kalkowsky (1851–1938) was a German geologist and museum scientist. His paper "Oolith and Stromatolith im Norddeutschen Bundsandstein" was one of the most important...

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Ma (million years ago)) of the Late Jurassic epoch. It is formed from ooliths in a micrite (fine grained calcium carbonate) matrix. There are many voids...

works entitled Die Versteinerungen des Norddeutschen Oolith-Gebirges ("Fossils of the North German oolith formations"; 1836–39), Die Versteinerungen des Norddeutschen...

snow. Over time, countless billions of these balls, known as "ooids" or "ooliths" (from the Greek for "egg-shaped" or "egg-stone"), became partially cemented...

Jahrgang 1838:413-41 Meyer, H. v. (1856). "Ischyrodon meriani aus dem Oolith im Frickthale". Palaeontographica. 6: 19–21. Tarlo LB. (1960). A review...

Clifton Down Limestone of the Carboniferous Limestone Series, which contain ooliths and fossil debris, on top of Old Red Sandstone and by dolomitic conglomerate...

Clifton Down Limestone of the Carboniferous Limestone Series, which contain ooliths and fossil debris on top of Old Red Sandstone, and by Dolomitic Conglomerate...

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forming the Bathonian Series of rocks. Under the microscope, these grains or ooliths (egg stones) are sedimentary rock formed from ooids: spherical grains composed...

1130/0016-7606(1947)58[843:ODITSM]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0016-7606. (dealing with deformation of ooliths by tectonic stresses at the formation of the Appalachians) —— (1947). "Boudinage"...

Betakalkbank Formation Jurassic Beyrichienkalk Formation Silurian Bifurcata Oolith Formation Jurassic Bochum Formation Carboniferous Bohlen Formation Paleogene...

crags, comprises limestone of the Upper Jurassic period, the Corallian oolith. The main geological features of the Süntel are: The giant hill caves near...

The Ornatenton Formation is composed mainly of mudstone with some iron-oolith benches, glauconitic sandstones, and a horizon of carbonate concretions...

Formation Paleogene Nivel E Formation Cambrian Oolite Blanche Jurassic Oolith miliaire Jurassic Oolithe corallienne de Pagnoz Jurassic Oolithe de Trouville...

(c) Cyclic tidalites, massive dolomites, laminated algal mats, reworked ooliths 3. (a) Dolomitic massive carbonates presenting evidence of karstification...

delta (Ostreen-lime) (4 m), and Dogger epsilon (Oolith-lime) (2 m) are summarised under the term "ooliths". These layers contain many fossils. On the very...

sea-bed material around: the resulting little rounded balls are called ooliths or ooids. Oolite List of types of limestone Collyweston stone slate Castle...

present lake levels were low. Sandy beach deposits, lacustrine deposits and ooliths and tufa were deposited by Lake Russell, many of these lacustrine formations...

boundstone, carbonate hardgrounds, floatstone, grainstone, grapestone, oncoids, ooliths, packstone, peloids, rudstones, spherulites, and wackestones. Alteration...

rudists are the most commonly encountered reef builders on this seamount. The oolith-containing limestone was formed by a coral reef. The reef was affected by...

of bafflestone, grainstone, packstone, peloid, rudstone and wackestone; ooliths have also been found. The carbonates are of biogenic origin, and fossils...

when the area was underneath a deep tropical sea on which ooliths were deposited. The ooliths bonded together to form the distinctive rock known as oolitic...