Ooid Sand, Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA
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South coast of Great Salt Lake |
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Location: |
South coast of Great Salt Lake; Saltaire Beach Resort near exit of I-80; 40º44'51.98"N,112º11'16.92"W |
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Low energy beach; possibly episodical reworking in small beach dunes |
Provenance: |
Local shallow water formation |
Composition: |
Carbonate envelope around a detrital nucleus |
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High textural maturity: very well sorted and rounded, high sphaericity (partly elongate-ellipsoidal), whitish surface, fine sand (160 to 250 μm) |
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