Quartz arenite
{{Short description|Sandstone with quartz}}
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A quartz arenite or quartzarenite is a sandstone composed of greater than 90% detrital quartz.Blatt, Harvey and Robert J. Tracy, Petrology: Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic, Freeman 2nd ed., 1996, p. 518 {{ISBN|0-7167-2438-3}} Quartz arenites are the most mature sedimentary rocks possible, and are often referred to as ultra- or super-mature, and are usually cemented by silica. They often exhibit both textural and compositional maturity. The two primary sedimentary depositional environments that produce quartz arenites are beaches/upper shoreface and aeolian processes.Prothero, D. R. and Schwab, F., 1996, Sedimentary Geology, pg. 96-98, {{ISBN|0-7167-2726-9}}
See also
- {{annotated link|Arkose}}
- {{annotated link|Lithic sandstone}}
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Further reading
- {{cite journal |last1=Cook |first1=Jennie E. |last2=Goodwin |first2=Laurel B. |last3=Boutt |first3=David F. |title=Systematic diagenetic changes in the grain-scale morphology and permeability of a quartz-cemented quartz arenite |journal=AAPG Bulletin |date=June 2011 |volume=95 |issue=6 |pages=1067–1088 |doi=10.1306/11151010009 |bibcode=2011BAAPG..95.1067C }}
- {{cite journal |last1=Smith |first1=P.S. |last2=Browne |first2=S.V. |last3=Heinz |first3=T.J. |last4=Wise |first4=W.V. |title=Drilling Fluid Design to Prevent Formation Damage in High Permeability Quartz Arenite Sandstones |journal=All Days |date=6 October 1996 |pages=SPE–36430–MS |doi=10.2118/36430-MS }}
- {{cite journal |last1=Makowitz |first1=A. |last2=Sibley |first2=D. |title=Crystal Growth Mechanisms of Quartz Overgrowths in a Cambrian Quartz Arenite |journal=Journal of Sedimentary Research |date=1 September 2001 |volume=71 |issue=5 |pages=809–816 |doi=10.1306/2DC4096A-0E47-11D7-8643000102C1865D |bibcode=2001JSedR..71..809M }}
- {{cite journal |last1=Soegaard |first1=Kristian |last2=Eriksson |first2=Kenneth A. |title=Origin of thick, first-cycle quartz arenite successions: Evidence from the 1.7 Ga Ortega Group, northern New Mexico |journal=Precambrian Research |date=April 1989 |volume=43 |issue=1–2 |pages=129–141 |doi=10.1016/0301-9268(89)90008-9 |bibcode=1989PreR...43..129S }}
- {{cite journal |last1=Onasch |first1=Charles M |title=Microfractures and their role in deformation of a quartz arenite from the central Appalachian foreland |journal=Journal of Structural Geology |date=January 1990 |volume=12 |issue=7 |pages=883–894 |doi=10.1016/0191-8141(90)90061-3 |bibcode=1990JSG....12..883O }}
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