wackestone
Sign in to savethumb|Fragmented bioclastic wackestone thumb|A Wackestone in thin section (width of image is 10 mm) Under the Dunham classification (Dunham, 1962) system of limestones, a wackestone is defined as a mud-supported carbonate rock that contains greater than 10% grains. Most recently, this definition has been clarified as a carbonate-dominated rock in which the carbonate mud (2 mm).
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thumb|Fragmented bioclastic wackestone thumb|A Wackestone in thin section (width of image is 10 mm) Under the Dunham classification (Dunham, 1962) system of limestones, a wackestone is defined as a mud-supported carbonate rock that contains greater than 10% grains. Most recently, this definition has been clarified as a carbonate-dominated rock in which the carbonate mud (2 mm).
== The identification of wackestone ==
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