Ooids and Peloids
Ooids and Peloids
Ooids and Peloids
Contents
Ooids
Formation of ooids
Factors Affecting ooids growth
Conclusion
Peloids
Depositional environment of Peloids
Ooids
Ooids are small (< 2 mm in diameter),
spheroidal, "coated"
(layered) sedimentary grains, usually
composed of calcium carbonate, but
sometimes made up of iron- or phosphate-
based minerals.
Pisoids are similar to ooids, but are larger
than 2 mm in diameter.
Oolite (egg stone) is a sedimentary
rock formed from ooids.
Ooids on the surface of a limestone; Carmel Formation
(Middle Jurassic) of southern Utah
A thin slice of calcitic ooids from the Carmel Formation, Middle Jurassic,
of southern Utah, USA
Formation
An ooid forms as a series of concentric layers
around a nucleus. The layers contain crystals
arranged radially, tangentially or randomly.
The nucleus can be a shell fragment, quartz
grain or any other small fragment.
Supersaturation of CaCO3
Nuclei
Agitation
Location
Water depth
Supersaturation:
the concentration needed to be above 0.002
moles/litre and below 0.0167 moles/litre for
ooids to form successfully. Below 0.002
moles/litre only aragonite needles or poor ooids
formed. Above 0.0167 moles/litre the ooids
formed an amorphous mass.
Nuclei: