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Sedimentary Rocks

Sedimentary Rocks is a class of rock formed through the accumulation, compaction, and cementation of sediments derived from the weathering and erosion of pre-existing rocks, distinguishing it from igneous and metamorphic rocks by its origin at or near the Earth's surface under low-temperature conditions.

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A Scale of Grade and Class Terms for Clastic Sediments

Chester K. Wentworth · The Journal of Geology · 1922 · 6.7K citations

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The Petrology of the Sedimentary Rocks

Robert L. Folk · Nature · 1938 · 5.3K citations · Full text

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Some remarks on the development of sedimentary basins

Dan McKenzie · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 1978 · 3.9K citations

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Petrology of the sedimentary rocks

Earle F. McBride · Geomorphology · 1991 · 3.7K citations

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Classification of Carbonate Rocks According to Depositional Textures

Robert J. Dunham · Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR) · 1962 · 3.1K citations

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  1. MS
    M. Santosh

    China University of Geosciences (Beijing), China

    31 publications · 2.1K citations

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  2. SM
    S. Morad

    Uppsala University, Sweden

    41 publications · 2.5K citations

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  3. YC
    Yingchang Cao

    China University of Petroleum, East China, China

    27 publications · 1.8K citations

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  4. RL
    Ralf Littke

    RWTH Aachen University, Germany

    30 publications · 2K citations

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  5. JP
    J. P. Grotzinger

    California Institute of Technology, United States

    28 publications · 2.3K citations

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  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    77 h-index

    1.3K publications

    65.3K citations

  2. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    71 h-index

    423 publications

    36.4K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    63 h-index

    690 publications

    44K citations

  4. Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development

    Beijing, China

    59 h-index

    1.1K publications

    75.9K citations

  5. China University of Geosciences

    Wuhan, China

    58 h-index

    782 publications

    39.3K citations

  6. China University of Geosciences (Beijing)

    Beijing, China

    57 h-index

    814 publications

    33.7K citations

  7. Institute of Geology and Geophysics

    Beijing, China

    56 h-index

    504 publications

    24.3K citations

  8. China University of Petroleum, Beijing

    Beijing, China

    54 h-index

    926 publications

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  1. Journal of Sedimentary Research

    JSR · 857 publications · 51.8K citations

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  2. AAPG Bulletin

    534 publications · 37.8K citations

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  3. Sedimentology

    442 publications · 27.3K citations

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  4. Sedimentary Geology

    337 publications · 19.8K citations

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  5. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

    157 publications · 23.5K citations

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