Chapter 5 LIMESTONES

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Chapter 5 LIMESTONES 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Something like about one-fifth of all sedimentary rocks are carbonate rocks. The two main kinds of carbonate rocks, limestones and dolostones, together with sandstones and shales, are what might be called the “big four” of sedimentary rock types. I'm reluctant to try to guess what percentage of all sedimentary rocks those “big four” account for, but the figure must be in the upper nineties.

• mass action quotient
• caco3
• mgco3 content
• crystals with a lesser degree
• deep ocean bottom
• deep ocean
• carbonate rocks
• state of saturation
• calcite
• oceans