Geological notes for the silurian strata and their quaternary cover on 1:10k sheets sd48nw, sd58ne (old hutton) and sd58nw... The Kirkby Moor Formation is characterised by medium- to thickly bedded, generally fine-grained micaceous sandstone grading up into thin layers of mudstone or siltstone....
Lopingian (late permian) stratigraphy, sedimentation and palaeobiogeography in southern tibet... Micaceous sandstone and shale of regressive origin, with abundant palynomorphs and acritarches, developed during the Late Lopingian sea-level lowstand, which is followed by a ...
High-resolution x-ray texture goniometry... Analysis of 2 areas in a 2 cm bed showing a gradation from micaceous sandstone to slate reveals that fabric intensity of both mica and chlorite increases significantly (dM from 0.64...
Influences on selection of lithic raw material sources at huizui, a neolithic/early bronze age site in northern china...centre of ground stone tool manufac-ture, five main lithologies were used, each for a particu-lar purpose: oolitic dolomite for spades; diabase for axes, adzes and chisels; fine micaceous sandstone for knives and sickles; other sandstone for grinding slabs; and fine limestone for lime....
