Beach Sand, Kuta, Bali
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Kuta beach | Macro |
Location | Kuta beach, Bali, Indonesia |
Depositional facies | Beach |
Provenance | Mixture of in situ rocks belonging to the intermediary volcanic (andesitic) hinterland of Bali and recent organisms of the shallow shelf |
Composition | Kugelförmige und „aufgeblasene tetraeder"-förmige benthische Großforaminiferen (ca. 60%), Korallenfragmente (meist von Feinkiesgröße), Bryozoenäste, Bivalvenschalen, Schneckengehäusefragmente. Wenige kalkarenitische Feinsandgerölle. Untergeordnet mafische Silikate (Hornblende, Feldspat, Chlorit) von Feinsandgröße, oft in den Hohlräumen der gerüstbildenden Kalke |
Texture | Coarse sand (ca. 1500 µ), very poorly sorted, rounded |
Petrographic thin section:
Description | Thin section is dominated by large benthic foraminifera, fragments of corals, bryozoa, bivalves and snail-shells. Few fine grained arenitic detritus and fine grained mafic silicates (hornblende, feldspar, chlorite) often in voids of biogenic framework |
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Bright field | Dark field |
Sample number | Heubeck0029 |
Collector | Stefanie Bock |
Date of sampling | September 2005 |
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