粉砂屑灰岩

粉砂屑灰岩（）是一種石灰岩，主要成分為碳酸鹽質的碎屑組成，其具粉砂尺寸的顆粒含量超過50%。這些顆粒由珊瑚、貝殼、鮞粒、石灰岩和白雲石的碎片組合組成。等同粉砂岩結構但顆粒是碳酸鹽 Neuendorf, K.K.E., J.P. Mehl, Jr., and J.A. Jackson, J.A., eds. (2005) Glossary of Geology (5th ed.). Alexandria, Virginia, American Geological Institute. 779 pp. ISBN 0-922152-76-4Flügel, E. (2010) Microfacies of Carbonate Rocks, 2nd ed. Springer-Verlag Berlin, Germany. 976 pp. ISBN 978-3-540-22016-9。粉砂屑灰岩可以在多種沿海、湖泊和海洋環境中堆積，通常是顆粒之間磨損和生物侵蝕的產物Flügel, E. (2010) Microfacies of Carbonate Rocks, 2nd ed. Springer-Verlag Berlin, Germany. 976 pp. ISBN 978-3-540-22016-9Scholle, P.A., D.G. Bebout, and C.H. Moore (1983) Carbonate Depositional Environments. Memoir no. 33. Tulsa, Oklahoma, American Association of Petroleum Geologists. 708 pp. ISBN 978-0-89181-310-1。粉砂屑灰岩一詞並非GrabauGrabau, A.W. (1903) Paleozoic coral reefs. Geological Society of America Bulletin. vol. 14, pp. 337-352.  Grabau, A.W. (1904) On the classification of sedimentary rocks. American Geologist. vol. 33, pp. 228-247.於1903年提出的。相反，粉砂屑灰岩一詞是由KayKay, G.M. (1951) North American geosynclines. Memoir no. 48. Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America. 143 pp. 於1951年創建，用於描述主要由碎屑粉砂（尺寸為0.062至0.002毫米）顆粒組成的石灰岩Folk, R.L., 1962, Spectral subdivision of limestone types. In Ham, W. E.. Classification of carbonate rocks. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Memoir. no. 1, pp. 62-84.。
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