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Sediments consolidated

      The consolidated sediments are deposits which were formed by secondary sedimentation of previously weathered rocks and redeposition of their fragments, and/or by chemical and biochemical precipitation from solutions. Later, they have been consolidated during a diagenesis. During diagenesis following processes leading to consolidation are in operation: compaction, cementation, recrystallization, intrastratal solution, metasomatism, and authigenesis. The intensity of diagenesis depends mostly on the depth of burial, hydrostatic and oriented pressure of surrounded rocks, on temperature, solution activity and some additional factors. The transformation of sand into sandstone serves as one of examples of consolidation during diagenetic processes.


List of exhibits

travertin, dva kusy g10385
travertin, čtyři kusy g10386
pěnovec strukturní, čtyři kusy g10387
travertin - strukturní typy, tři kusy g10388
pěnovec, jeden kus g10389
travertin porézní, jeden kus g10390
travertin, dva kusy g10391
travertin Fe 3+, tři kusy g10393
travertin, dva kusy g10394
valoun araukarioxylonový, jeden kus g10547
valoun araukarioxylonový, dva kusy g10548
turmalinit usměrněný, jeden kus g10549
turmalinit, jeden kus g10550
turmalinit velmi silně mylonitizovaný, jeden kus g10551
turmalinit mylonitizovaný, dva kusy g10552
turmalinit velmi silně metamorfovaný, tři kusy g10553
pěnovec - mechový + travertin, tři kusy g10356
almy, jeden kus g10357
travertin slinitý "vosí kámen", dva kusy g10358
travertin, dva kusy g10359


Virtual museum of the Czech Geological Survey, www.geology.cz, (C) Czech Geological Survey, 2011, v.0.99 [13.12.2011]