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INDEX
Evaporites,
deformation of, 445
density of, 445
deposition of, 441-445
economic significance of, 455-457
mineralogy of, 439-441
Exichnia, 134
Fabric, 75-76
Facies,
defined, 189, 281
described, 190-277
Faecal pellets, 396
Failed rift, 492-493
Fall diameter, 96-98
Fan, alluvial, 190-192
delta, 225,286
placer ores in, 205-206
submarine, 264-267
uranium ores in, 204
Fanglomerate, 190, 192
Ferricrete, 28
Fire clay, 430
Flaser bedding, 155, 243
Flash flood, 95-6, 191
Flat bedding, 96, 143
Flat spot, 377
Flint, 458
Flooding surface, 283, Plate 2D
Floodplain, alluvial, 199
Flow
laminar, defined, 91
regime, 95
turbulent, defined, 91
Fluid inclusions, 321-322, 260, 543
Fluidized flow, 126-127
Flume, experiments in, 95, 103
Flute marks, 139-140
Fluvial deposits, 192-209
Fluxoturbidite, 122, 267, 383
Flysch, 104, 264, 355,490
Fodichnia, 134
Fore-arc basins, 469, 486,
Foredeep basins, 264, 491
Foreset,
defined, 145
permeability variation of, 79-80
Formation, defined,188
Front, diagenetic, 366
Froude number, 91, 95,143
Fullers Earth, 337-338
Fundoform, 222
Fundothem, 222
Fusain, 429
Ganges-Brahmaputra delta, 226-227
Ganister, 29, 430
Gas,
hydrocarbon, 315-316
nonhydrocarbon, 315-316
Genetic increments, 280-281
Genetic sequences, 280-281
Geopetal, fabric, 69
Geophysics, ix, x, 3,365,377-379
Geostrophic currents, 104, 107-108,
240
Geosynclines, 264, 469, 486
Geothermal anomalies, 309-311
gradients, 311-313
Glacial processes, 113-118
Glacial sediments fabric, 113-114
varves in, 216-217
Glauconite, 267, 338-339, Plate 3A
Globigerina, 274
Gold,
density of, 90
eluvial placers of, 36
Golden Lane, Mexico, 271-273
Gossan, 37, 380
Graded bedding described, 105
formation of, 105
illustrated, 105
shelf, 242
Grain flow, 123, 159, 267-269
Grain roundness, 42-44
packing, 75-77
relationship with porosity and permeability, 73-75
shape, 42-44
size, measurement of, 44-48
sorting, 48-51
sphericity, 42-44
Grains, carbonate, 398-401
Grainstone, 247, 404, Plate 6D
Grand Banks, earthquake of, 103
Grapestone, 400
Gravitational processes, 118-124
Green River Shale, 218, 334
Greensand, 338, Plate 3A
Greywacke, 355, Plate 3E
Groove marks, 141
Guano, 439, Plate 5C
Gypsum, formation of, 450-452
Halimeda, 401
Halite, 453-455
Halysites, Plate 6E
Hardground, 413, 416-418
Harlania, 134, 136
INDEX
Evaporites,
deformation of, 445
density of, 445
deposition of, 441-445
economic significance of, 455-457
mineralogy of, 439-441
Exichnia, 134
Fabric, 75-76
Facies,
defined, 189, 281
described, 190-277
Faecal pellets, 396
Failed rift, 492-493
Fall diameter, 96-98
Fan, alluvial, 190-192
delta, 225,286
placer ores in, 205-206
submarine, 264-267
uranium ores in, 204
Fanglomerate, 190, 192
Ferricrete, 28
Fire clay, 430
Flaser bedding, 155, 243
Flash flood, 95-6, 191
Flat bedding, 96, 143
Flat spot, 377
Flint, 458
Flooding surface, 283, Plate 2D
Floodplain, alluvial, 199
Flow
laminar, defined, 91
regime, 95
turbulent, defined, 91
Fluid inclusions, 321-322, 260, 543
Fluidized flow, 126-127
Flume, experiments in, 95, 103
Flute marks, 139-140
Fluvial deposits, 192-209
Fluxoturbidite, 122, 267, 383
Flysch, 104, 264, 355,490
Fodichnia, 134
Fore-arc basins, 469, 486,
Foredeep basins, 264, 491
Foreset,
defined, 145
permeability variation of, 79-80
Formation, defined,188
Front, diagenetic, 366
Froude number, 91, 95,143
Fullers Earth, 337-338
Fundoform, 222
Fundothem, 222
Fusain, 429
Ganges-Brahmaputra delta, 226-227
Ganister, 29, 430
Gas,
hydrocarbon, 315-316
nonhydrocarbon, 315-316
Genetic increments, 280-281
Genetic sequences, 280-281
Geopetal, fabric, 69
Geophysics, ix, x, 3,365,377-379
Geostrophic currents, 104, 107-108,
240
Geosynclines, 264, 469, 486
Geothermal anomalies, 309-311
gradients, 311-313
Glacial processes, 113-118
Glacial sediments fabric, 113-114
varves in, 216-217
Glauconite, 267, 338-339, Plate 3A
Globigerina, 274
Gold,
density of, 90
eluvial placers of, 36
Golden Lane, Mexico, 271-273
Gossan, 37, 380
Graded bedding described, 105
formation of, 105
illustrated, 105
shelf, 242
Grain flow, 123, 159, 267-269
Grain roundness, 42-44
packing, 75-77
relationship with porosity and permeability, 73-75
shape, 42-44
size, measurement of, 44-48
sorting, 48-51
sphericity, 42-44
Grains, carbonate, 398-401
Grainstone, 247, 404, Plate 6D
Grand Banks, earthquake of, 103
Grapestone, 400
Gravitational processes, 118-124
Green River Shale, 218, 334
Greensand, 338, Plate 3A
Greywacke, 355, Plate 3E
Groove marks, 141
Guano, 439, Plate 5C
Gypsum, formation of, 450-452
Halimeda, 401
Halite, 453-455
Halysites, Plate 6E
Hardground, 413, 416-418
Harlania, 134, 136