Focus on Sedimentary Environments

Pleistocene coral reef

Windley Key Quarries, Florida Keys, USA

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Classifying the lithology

Examine the rock closely. What type of support does it show?

Matrix support
 Grain support

 

How would you classify this rock on the Embry and Klovan classification (one answer only)?
framestone
 bafflestone
 bindstone
 rudstone
 floatstone

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