Code list for lithologyValue - codelist scheme

URI: http://w3id.org/glosis/model/codelists/lithologyValueCode

Description

This code list provides analysis procedures for lithology.

Definition

Guidelines for Soil Description issued by the FAO: table 12

Members

• amphibolite

• ironstone

• loam and silt

• volcanic ash

• gneiss rich in Fe–Mg minerals

• pyroxenite

• silt and clay

• lahar

• volcanic scoria/breccia

• ignimbrite

• anhydrite, gypsum

• peridotite

• basic metamorphic

• evaporites

• periglacial rock debris

• diorite-syenite

• andesite, trachyte, phonolite

• metamorphic rock

• UG2 glacio-fluvial sand

• sand

• eolian

• ultrabasic metamorphic

• (green)schist

• coals, bitumen and related rocks

• pyroclastic

• loess

• gneiss, migmatite

• tuff, tuffite

• diorite

• sandstone, greywacke, arkose

• moraine

• ilmenite, magnetite, ironstone, serpentine

• acid metamorphic

• sedimentary rock (consolidated)

• igneous rock

• bauxite, laterite

• industrial/artisanal deposits

• serpentinite, greenstone

• clay, silt and loam

• halite

• quartzite

• slate, phyllite (pelitic rocks)

• UG3 glacio-fluvial gravel

• schist

• anthropogenic/technogenic

• shale

• lacustrine

• silt-, mud-, claystone

• quartz-diorite

• sedimentary rock (unconsolidated)

• basalt

• intermediate igneous

• slope deposits

• groundwater-fed bog peat

• clay

• fluvial

• sand

• conglomerate, breccia

• slate, phyllite (pelitic rocks)

• gravel, broken rock

• gabbro

• dolerite

• eclogite

• redeposited natural material

• acid igneous

• rhyolite

• organic

• colluvial

• limestone, other carbonate rock

• sand and gravel

• basic igneous

• carbonatic, organic

• grano-diorite

• metamorphic limestone (marble)

• sand

• clay and silt

• marl and other mixtures

• weathered residuum

• ultrabasic igneous

• glacial

• periglacial solifluction layer

• gravelly sand

• kryogenic

• marine, estuarine

• unspecified deposits

• rainwater-fed moor peat

• clastic sediments

• sand

seeAlso

Code list for LithologyValue - codelist class

note

This code list provides analysis procedures for lithology.