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Petrography of Common Sands and Sandstones

  • Pettijohn F
  • Potter P
  • Siever R
Springer New York, (1987), 139-213
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4612-1066-5_5
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There are three major types of sand: terrigenous, carbonate, and pyroclastic. Terrigenous sands are most abundant and are all ultimately derived from outside the basin of deposition by erosion of preexisting crystalline, volcanic, and sedimentary rocks and, except...

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Pettijohn, F. J., Potter, P. E., & Siever, R. (1987). Petrography of Common Sands and Sandstones. In Sand and Sandstone (pp. 139–213). Springer New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1066-5_5

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