Granite is the most common igneous rock that is found in continental crust. Basalt is the most common igneous rock found in oceanic crust. How could you easily distinguish between these two rocks?

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2. Granite is the most common igneous rock that is found in continental crust. Basalt is the most common igneous rock found in oceanic crust. How could you easily distinguish between these two rocks?

Table 1: Sedimentary Depositional Environments Modified from: Wiese, Katryn
https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/Geology LabManualSpring2021.pdf and Open Geology Text: https://opengeology.org/textbook/5-weathering-erosion-and-sedimentary-rocks/
Location
Deep Ocean (Abyssal)
Submarine fan
Continental shelf & slope
Sediment
very fine muds and
oozes, diatomaceous
Earth
graded sequences,
alternating
sand/mud
mud, possible sand
larger sediments,
sand and mud
Common Rock Types
chert, shale,
mudstone, limestone
shale, mudstone,
siltstone
shale, mudstone,
siltstone, limestone
sandstone,
conglomerate
Typical Fossils
microscopic organisms - diatoms &
coccolithophores
rare
rare
Fluvial (River)
Beach (Littoral)
very well sorted sand
sandstone
Reef
lime mud with coral
limestone
rare
bioturbation- layers disturbed by
movement of organisms
many, commonly coral
Lagoon
Landslide, Fault Zone, Debris
Flow, Impact (meteorite),
Tsunami
Lake (Lacustrine)
laminated mud
mud to boulders,
angular, poorly
sorted fragments
shale
many, bioturbation-layers disturbed by
movement of organisms
breccia
varies
fine-grained mud
shale
invertebrates, rare (deep) bone beds
Swamp (Paludal)
Desert (Aeolian)
plant material
very well-sorted sand
and silt
coal
plant debris
sandstone
rare
Glacial
mud to boulders,
poorly sorted
breccia (tillite)
rare
Transcribed Image Text:Table 1: Sedimentary Depositional Environments Modified from: Wiese, Katryn https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/Geology LabManualSpring2021.pdf and Open Geology Text: https://opengeology.org/textbook/5-weathering-erosion-and-sedimentary-rocks/ Location Deep Ocean (Abyssal) Submarine fan Continental shelf & slope Sediment very fine muds and oozes, diatomaceous Earth graded sequences, alternating sand/mud mud, possible sand larger sediments, sand and mud Common Rock Types chert, shale, mudstone, limestone shale, mudstone, siltstone shale, mudstone, siltstone, limestone sandstone, conglomerate Typical Fossils microscopic organisms - diatoms & coccolithophores rare rare Fluvial (River) Beach (Littoral) very well sorted sand sandstone Reef lime mud with coral limestone rare bioturbation- layers disturbed by movement of organisms many, commonly coral Lagoon Landslide, Fault Zone, Debris Flow, Impact (meteorite), Tsunami Lake (Lacustrine) laminated mud mud to boulders, angular, poorly sorted fragments shale many, bioturbation-layers disturbed by movement of organisms breccia varies fine-grained mud shale invertebrates, rare (deep) bone beds Swamp (Paludal) Desert (Aeolian) plant material very well-sorted sand and silt coal plant debris sandstone rare Glacial mud to boulders, poorly sorted breccia (tillite) rare
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