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Abbreviations Geology.xls

LITHOLOGY DESCRIPTION ABBREVIATIONS

WORD ABBREVIATION WORD ABBREVIATION

Aabove ab B continued bioturbated bioturbabsent abs birdseye Bdeyeabundant abd bitumen ( -inous) Bit, bitacicular acic black (-ish) blk, blkshafter aft blade (-ed) Bld; bldagglomerate Aglm blocky blkyaggregate Agg blue (-ish) bl, blshalgae, algal Alg, alg bored (-ing) Bor; borallochem Allo botryoid (-al) Bot, botaltered alt bottom Btmalternaiting altg boudinage boudgamber amb boulder Bldammonite Amm boundstone Bdstamorphous amor brachiopod Brachamount amt brackish brakamphipora Amph branching brhgand & break Brk, brkangular ang breccia (-ted) Brec, brecanhedral ahd brighter brtanhydrite (-ic) Anhy; anhy brittle britanthracite Anthr brown brnaphanitic aph bryozoa Bryapparent apr bubble Bublappears ap buff buapproximate apprx bulbous bulbaragonite Arag burrow (-ed) Bur, burarenaceous aren Cargillaceous arg calcarenite Clcarargillite argl calcareous calcarkose (-ic) Ark, ark calcilutite Clcltas above a.a. calcirudite Clcrdasphalt (-ic) Asph, asph calcisilitite Clsltassemblage Assem calcisphaera Casphassociated assoc calcisphere Clcspat @ calcite (-ic) Calc, calctcauthigenic authg caliche ccheaverage Av, av carbonaceous carb

B carbonate crbntband (-ed) Bnd, bnd carbonized cbbarite (-ic) bar cavern (-ous) Cav; cavbasait (-ic) Bas, bas caving Cvgbasement Bm cement (-ed, -ing) Cmt, cmtbecome (-ing) bcm center cntrbed (-ed) Bd, bd center (-ed) cntrbedding Bdg cephalopod Cephbelemnites Belm chaetetes Chaetbentonite (-ic) Bent, bent chalcedony (-ic) Chal, chalbioclastic blocl chalk (-y) Chk, chkybioherm (-al) Bioh, bioh charophyte Charbiomicrite Biomi chert (-y) Cht, chtbiosparite Biosp chitin (-ous) Chit, chitbiostrom (-al) Biost, biost chitinozoa Chtzbiotite Biot chlorite (-ic) Chlor, chlor

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C continued chocolate choc D continued depauperate depaucirculate (-ion) circ, Circ description Descrclastic clas desiccation dessclay (-ey) Cl, cl detrital detrclaystone Clst devitrified devitclean cln diabase Dbclear clr diagenesis (-etic) Diagn, diagncleavage Clvg diameter Diacluster Clus disseminated dissemcoal c distillate Distcoarse crs ditto " or docoated (-ing) cotd, cotg, Cotg dolomite (-ic) Dol, dolcoated grains cotd gn dolostone dolstcobble Cbl dominant (-ly) domcolonial coln drill stem test DSTcolor Col, col drilling drlgcommon com drusycompact cpct Ecompare cf earthy eaconcentric cncn east Econchoidal conch echinoid Echconcretion (-ary) Conc, conc elevation Elevconglomerate (-ic) Cgl, cgl elongate elongconodont Cono embedded embdconquina Coq andothyra Endoconquina (-oid) coqid equant eqntconsiderable cons equivalent Equivconsolidated consol euhedral euhdconspicuous conspic euryamphipora Euryamphcontact Ctc euxinic euxcontamination (-ed) Contam, contam evaporite (-itic) Evap, evapcontent Cont excellent excontorted cntrt exposed expcoral, coralline Cor, corln extraclast (-ic) Exclas, exclascore c extremely extrcovered cov extrusive exvcream crm Fcrenulated cren facet (-ed) Fac, faccrinkled crnk faint fntcrinoid (-al) Crin, crinal fair frcross x fault (-ed) Flt; fltcross-bedded x-bd fauna Faucross-laminated x-lam favosites Fvstcross-stratified x-strat feet Ftcrumpled crpxln feldspar (-athic) Fspr, fsprcrystal (-line) Xl, xln fenestra (-al) Fen, fencrystocrystalline crpxln ferro-magnesian Fe-magcube, cubic Cub,cub ferruginous ferrcuttings Ctgs fibrous fibrcypridopsis Cyp fill (-ed) fld

D fine (-ly) f, fnlydark (-er) dk, dkr fissle fisdead dd flaggy flgdebris Deb flake, flaky Flk, flkdecrease (-ing) Decr, decr flat fldendrite (-ic) dend flesh flsdense dns floating fltg




F continued flora Flo H continued heterostegina Hetfluorescence (-ent) Fluor, fluor hexagonal hexfoliated fol high (-ly) hifoot Ft homogeneous homforaminifer Foram horizontal horforaminiferal foram hornblende hornbdformation Fm hydrocarbon Hydcfossil (-iferous) Foss, foss Ifracture (-d) Frac, frac igneous rock Ig, igfragment (-al) Frag, frag imbedded imbdframework frmwk impression Impfrequent freq in part I.P.fresh frs inch Infriable fri inclusion (-ded) Incl, inclfringe (-ing) Frg, frg increasing incrfrosted fros indistinct indstfrosted quartz F.Q.G. indurated indfucoid (-al) Fuc, fuc inoceramus Inocfusulinid Fus insoluble insl

G interbedded intbdgabbro Gab intercalated intercalgaleolaria Gal intercrystalline intxlngas G interfragmental intfraggastropod Gast intergranular intgrangenerally gen intergrown intgn geopetal gept interlaminated intrlamgilsonite Gil interparticle intpargirvanella Girv interpretation intptglass (-y) Glas, glas interstices Inst, intstiglauconite (-itic) Glauc, glauc interval Intvlglobigerina (-inal) Glob, glob intraclast (-ic) Intclas, intclasgloss (-y) Glos, glos intraparticle intrapargneiss (-ic) Gns, gns intrusive Intr, intrgood gd invertebrate Invtbgrading grad iridescent iridgrain (-s,-ed) Gr, gr ironstone Fe-stgrainstone Grst irregular (-ly) irrgranite Grt isopachous isogranite wash G.W. ivanovia Ivangranule (-ar) Gran, gran Jgrapestone grapst jasper Jaspgraptolite Grap joint (-ed, -ing) Jt, jtgravel Grv Kgray, grey (-ish) gry, grysh kaolin (-itic) Kao, kaograywacke Gwke Lgreasy gsy lacustrine lacgreen (-ish) gn, gnsh lamina (-itions, -ated) Lam, lamgrit (-ty) Gt, gt large lgegypsum (-iferous) Gyp, gyp laterite (-itic) Lat, lat

H lavender lavhackly hkl layer Lyrhalite (-iferous) Hal, hal leached lchdhard hd lens, lenticular Len, lentheavy hvy lentil (-cular) lenhematite Hem, hem light lthematite (-ic) Hem, hem lignite (-itic) Lig, ligheterogeneous hetr limestone Ls




L continued limonite (-itic) Lim, lim Nlimy lmy nacreous naclithic lit no sample n.s.lithographic lithgr no show n/slithology (-ic) Lith, lith no visible porosity n.v.p.little Ltl nodules (-ar) Nod, nodlittoral litt north Nlocal loc novaculite Novaclong lg numerous numloose lse Olower l occasional occlumpy lmpy ochre ochlustre Lstr odor odlutite Lut oil O

M oil source rock OSRmacrofossil Macrofos olive olvmagnetite, magnetic Mag, mag olivine olvnmanganese Mn, mn oncolite (-oidal) Onc, oncmarble Mbl ooid (-al) Oo, oomarine marn oolicast (-ic) Ooc, oocmarl (-y) Mrl, mrl oolite (-itic) Ool, oolmarlstone Mrlst oomold (-ic) Oomol, oomolmaroon mar opaque opmassive mass orange (-ish) or, orshmaterial Mat orbitoline Orbitmatrix Mtrx organic orgmaximum max orthoclase Orthmedium m or med. orthoquartzite O-Qtzmember Mbr ostracod Ostrmeniscus men overgrowth ovgthmetamorphic (-osed) meta, metaph oxidized oxmetamorphic rock Meta oyster Oystmetasomatic msm Pmica (-iceous) Mic, mic packstone pkstmicrite (-ic) Micr, micr paper (-y) Pap, papmicro mic paraparchites Paramicro-oolite Microol part (-ly) Pt, ptmicrocrystalline microxln particle Par, parmicrofossil microfos parting Ptgmicrograined micgr parts per million PPMmicropore (-osity) micropor patch (-y) Pch, pchmicrostylolite Microstyl pearly prlymiddle Mid pebble (-ly) Pbl, pblmiliolid Milid pelecypod Pelecmilky mky pellet (-al) Pel, pelmineral (-ized) Min, min pelletoid (-al) Peld, peldminor mnr pendular (-ous) Pend, pendminute mnut pentamerus Pentmoderate mod permeability (-able) Perm, k, permmold (-ic) Mol, mol petroleum Pet, petmollusc Moll phlogopite Phlogmosaic mos phosphate (-atic) Phos, phosmottled mott phreatic phrmud (-dy) md, mdy phyllite, phyllitic Phyl, phylmudstone Mdst pin-point (porosity) p.p.muscovite Musc pink pk

pinkish pkish




P continued pisoid (-al) Piso, piso Spisolite, pisolitic Pisol, pisol saccharoidal saccpitted pit salt (-y) Sa, saplagioclase Plag salt and pepper s&pplant Plt salt cast (-ic) sa-cplastic plas salt water S.W.platy plty same as above a.a.polish, polished Pol, pol sample Splpollen Poln sand (-y) Sd, sdypolygonal poly sandstone Sstpoor (-ly) p saturation (-ated) Sat, satporcelaneous porcel scales scporosity, porous Por, por scaphopod Scaphporous (-sity) por scarce scsporphyry prphy scattered scatpossible (-ly) poss schist (-ose) Sch, schpredominant (-ly) pred scolecodont Scolpreserved pres secondary secprimary prim sediment (-ary) Sed, sedprism (-atic) pris selenite Selprobable (-ly) prob septate septproduction Prod shadow shadprominent prom shale (-ly) Sh, shpseudo oolite (-ic) Psool, psool shell Shlpseudo- Psool, psool shelter porosity Shlt porpumice-stone Pst show shwpurple purp siderlite (-itic) Sid, sidpyrite (-itized, -itic) Pyr, pry sidewall core S.W.C.pyrobitumen Pybit silica (-iceous) Sil, sil pyroclastic pyrcl silky slkypyroxene pyrxn silt (-y) Slt, slty

Q siltstone Sltstquartz (-ose) Qtz, qtz similar simquartzite (-ic) Qtzt, qtzt size sz

R skeletal skelradial (-ating) Rad, rad slabby slbradiaxial Radax slate (-y) Sl, slrange rng slickenside (-d) Slick, slickrare r slight (-ly) sli, slilyrecemented recem small smlrecovery (-ered) Rec, rec smooth smrecrystallized rexlzd soft sftred (-ish) rd, rdsh solenopora Solenreef (-oid) Rf, rf solitary solremains Rem solution, soluble Sol, solrenalcis Ren somewhat smwtreplaced (-ment) rep, Repl sorted (-ing) srt, srtgresidue (-ual) Res, res south Sresinous rsns spar (-ry) Spr, sprrhomb (-ic) Rhb, rhb sparse (-ly) sps, spslyripple Rpl speck (-led) Spk, spkldrndd, frosted, pitted r.f.p. sphaerocodium Sphaerrock Rk sphalerite Sphalround (-ed) rnd, rndd spherule (-itic) Spher, spherrubble (-bly) Rbl, rbl spicule Spic, spicrudist Rud splintery Splinrugose rug sponge Spg




S continued spore Spo U continued uniform unispotted (-y) sptd, spty upper ustachyode Stach Vstain (-ed, -ing) Stn, stn vadose Vad, vadstalactitic stal variation (-able) Var, varstrata (-ified) Strat, strat varicolored varicstreak (-ed) Strk, strk variegated vgtstreaming stmg varved vrvdstriae (-ted) Stri, stri vein (-ing, -ed) Vn, vnstringer strgr veinlet Vnletstromatolite Stromlt, stromlt vermillon vermstromatoporoud Strom vertebrate vrtbstructure Str vertical vertstyliolina Stylio very vstylolite (-itic) Styl, styl very poor sample V.P.S.sub sb vesicular vessubangular sbang violet visublithic sblit visible vissubrounded sbrndd vitreous (-ified) vitsucrosic suc volatile volatsugary sug volcanic rock Volc, volcsulphur, sulphurous Su, su vug (-gy) Vug, vugsuperficial oolite Spfool, spfool Wsurface Surf wackstone Wkstsyntaxial syn washed residue W.R.syringopora Syring water Wtr

T wavy wvytabular (-ate) tab waxy wxytan tn weak wktasmanites Tas weathered wthdtension tns well Wl, wltentaculites Tent west Wterriginous ter white whtexture (-d) Tex, tex with w/thamnopora Tham without w/othick thk wood Wdthin thn Ythin section T.S. yellow (-ish) yel, yelshthin-bedded t.b. Ztroughout thru zeolite zeotight ti zircon zrtop Tp zone zntough tghtrace Trtranslucent trnsltransparent trnsptrilobite Triltripoli (-itic) Trip, triptube (-ular) Tub, tubtuff (-aceous) Tf, tftype (-ical) Typ, typ

Uunconformity Unconfunconsolidated unconsunderclay Ucunderlying undlyunidentifiable unident


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