Beach Sand, Cape Town, South Africa
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Location:
Blouberg Beach, 15 km north of Cape Town, South Afrika
Depositional facies:
Beach
Provenance:
Mixture of hinterland dunes and shallow water carbonate grains
Composition:
Quartz, aragonite, siliceous sponge needles
Mischung aus siliziklastischen (Quarz, wenig Feldspar) und
Karbonatbruchstücken. Zu den letzteren zählen häufige Echinodermen- und Bryozoenfragmente; dazu
untergeordnet transparente Schwammnadeln
Petrographic thin section:
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Mixture of siliceous (quartz, |
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Texture:
Texture of the grains, ecc.
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Comments:
Further comments on the sand, depositional history, ecc.
