River Sand, Rio Pitai, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
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Rio Pitai |
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Location:
Rio Pitai, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Depositional facies:
Broad, shallow and sandy riverbed
Provenance:
The Rio Pitai drains the Subandean Ranges and erodes thick palaeozoic and mesozoic continental sedimentary rocks as well as thick eolian sediments
Composition:
Quartz
Petrographic thin section:
Mäßig sortierter, gut bis mäßig gerundeter Quarzsand. Typisch für eine
Provenanz aus einem Faltengürtel von klastischen Sedimentgesteinen
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Moderately sorted, moderately to |
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Bright field |
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Dark field |
Texture:
Texture of the grains, ecc.
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Comments:
Further comments on the sand, depositional history, ecc.