| Id | 114 |
| Identification Type | Lithofacies |
| Name | Diatomaceous carbonate mud |
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| Description | Describes a lithofacies composed of >50% authigenic carbonate minerals, with diatom frustules as the second-most abundant component.
Diatom frustules prominent but secondary to carbonate minerals; organic matter (amorphous or fragmentary) variable, subordinate; clastic mineral matter subordinate, may be absent. |
| Tags | high-birefringence calcareous authigenic biogenic |
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