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Folk classification

The Folk classification, in geology, is a technical descriptive classification of sedimentary rocks devised by Robert L. Folk, an influential sedimentary petrologist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Texas.

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Folk's carbonate classification

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related to Folk's carbonate classification · 6
Folk classification → Al Junaibi, Dunham, Folk, Folk's, Lokier, The
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Folk classification → Diagram, Dickinson, Dunham, Folk, QFR

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rock name classification fragments folk quartz must relative abundances one photomicrograph ppl sedimentary feldspars clan folk's transported constituents carbonate formation

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Folk classificationsee alsoQFR0.60section

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