Limestone (FR.24.0041)
- Rock determination
- Sedimentary rock > Biochemical > Carbonate rock > Limestone > Bioclastic limestone (rich in Red Algae)
- Chronostratigraphy
- Phanerozoic; Cenozoic; Neogene; Miocene; Burdiglian
- Lithostratigraphy
- Rock name
- Estaillades limestone
- Rock synonyms
- Additional information
- The rock is often used as a test case for pore scale modeling of carbonates with a bimodal pore size distribution (e.g. Bultreys et al. 2015).
Find location
- Site type
- Quarry
- Location
- France; Vaucluse; Oppède
- Region
- Luberon
- Site name
- Carrière des Estaillades
- Excavation or Survey Team
- Additional contextual information
- Actually exploited by "Carrières de Provence"
- Natural color
- white, slightly pinkish beige
- Aged color
- Components
- white shells in a slightly pinkish beige matrix
- Texture
- compact fine grains
- Structure
- homogeneous
- Weathering
- Diagnostic features
- Additional information
- Flepostore inventory nr.
- GEOL1.L1.C8
- Original inventory nr.
- 33457/29
- Collection
- Geological Department, Ghent University
- Type
- Covered thin section
- Comparable thin section(s)
- Components
- high diversity of bioclasts (Red Algae, Bivalvia, Foraminifera, Bryozoans, Echinoderms), some partially to fully micritized; micrite cement; bimodal pore size distribution (intergranular macropores and intragranular micropores)
- Texture
- medium grained bioclasts; bimodal pore size distribution
- Structure
- Weathering
- Diagnostic features
- bioclastic packstone; Red Algae; bimodal pore size distribution
- Additional information
- Sample type
- Rock sample
- Inventory number
- FR.24.0041
- Collection
- Geological Department, Ghent University
- Donating institute/person
- Beltrami
- Host collection
- Other samples available
- No
- Sample collection method
- Field Sampling (clay/rock)
Bultreys et al. 2015
- Full reference
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Bultreys T., Van Hoorebeke L. & Cnudde V. 2015. Multi-scale, micro-computed tomography-based pore network models to simulate drainage in heterogeneous rocks. Advances in Water Resources 78, 36-49.
- Link
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Last modified: 2024-04-28.