Sedimentary Thin Sections

Isua turbidite

ppl

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xpl

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North Pole chert

ppl

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xpl

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ppl

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xpl

Medium magnification

Superior BIF

Hamersley Basin

ppl

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xpl

Lowest magnification

ppl

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xpl

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Draken Conglomerate

ppl

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xpl

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ppl

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xpl

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Gunflint chert

ppl

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xpl

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Hunting Fm.

Bangiomorpha pubescens-bearing

ppl

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xpl

Lowest magnification

ppl

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xpl

Lowest magnification

ppl

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Bangiomorpha pubescens

ppl

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(Shifting the focus)

ppl

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xpl

Medium magnification

ppl

Zoomed in

ppl

Medium magnification

xpl

Medium magnification

ppl

Highest magnification

Osmington Oolite

(Stained)

ppl 2 mm

A gastropod with a micritic envelope

The shell has recrystallised

Gaps were later infilled with mud, grains, and a foram

ppl 2 mm

xpl 2 mm

ppl 1 mm

ppl 2 mm

[A two-id!]

ppl 2 mm

ppl 4 mm

Evidence of deformation

Unnamed

ppl 4 mm

xpl 4 mm

ppl 4 mm

xpl 4 mm

ppl 4 mm

xpl 4 mm

Barcelona TSi

(Stained)

ppl 4 mm

Lithic fragments

ppl 4 mm

ppl 4 mm

Intact forams

ppl 4 mm

94006

(Unstained)

ppl 2 mm

xpl 2 mm

ppl 4 mm

xpl 4 mm

Drusy quartz

xpl 4 mm

18406

Dendritic dolomite

ppl 4 mm

xpl 4 mm

xpl 4 mm

Bone bed

[Porous bone]

ppl 4 mm

xpl 4 mm