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Sedimentology

a scheme that names limestones by their grain types (allochems) and by whether the matrix is micrite or sparry calcite cement.

In sedimentology, Folk limestone classification refers to a scheme that names limestones by their grain types (allochems) and by whether the matrix is micrite or sparry calcite cement. This meaning comes from Folk (1959) in AAPG Bulletin.[1]

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Folk, R. L. (1959). Practical Petrographic Classification of Limestones. AAPG Bulletin, 43(1), 1-38. https://doi.org/10.1306/0bda5c36-16bd-11d7-8645000102c1865d

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