Provenance provenance_sedimentary shallow marine (a subdivision of _sed) provenance_plutonic provenance_volcanic provenance_metamorphic low-grade provenance_metamorphic high-grade Composition We follow the sandstone classification of Bob Folk, modified by Dott Quarzarenite Subarkose Sublitharenite Arkose Litharenitic arkose arkosic Arkosic litharenite Litharenite Calcarenite(because there are many carbonate sands) Transport Process glacial mass flow aquatic eolian Depositional system alluvial fluvial (including mountain_stream, fluvial_braided, fluvial_maendering) deltaic beach (beach_low-energy, beach_high-energy) shallow_marine deep_marine Geographic Location Country, where appropriate also State (e.g. North_Dakota, Bavaria, Sikkim) Continent (a.g. Antarctica) Ocean (if appropriate), e.g. Pacific |