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Frozen
Frozen
Figure 8.2
World distribution of carbonate rocks.
Source:
Adapted from Ford and Williams (1989, 4)
Impurities
(100 per cent)
Rocks
with some
carbonate
(e.g. calcareous sandstone)
50
50
Calcareous
dolomite
(impure)
Dolomitic
limestone
(impure)
Dolomite
(impure)
Limestone
(impure)
10
10
Dolomite (pure)
Calcareous dolomite
Dolomitic limestone
Limestone (pure)
Mineral
dolomite
(100 per cent)
10
50
90
Mineral
calcite
(100 per cent)
Calcite as a percentage of carbonate
Figure 8.3
Classification of carbonate rocks.
Source:
Adapted from Leighton and Pendexter (1962)
