Stockdale: Stylolites 



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TABLE No. 1 



Analyses of Fresh Limestone and Its Residual Clay, Batesville, Ark. 

 From: Merrill, G. P. 1921. Rocks, Rock-Weathering and Soils, p. 217. 



Constituents 



I 



II 



III 



IV 



V 



Fresh 

 Limestone 



Residual 

 Clay 



Percentage 

 of Loss for 



Entire 



Rock 



Percentage 

 of Each 

 Constit- 

 uent 

 Saved 



Percentage 

 of Each 

 Constit- 

 uent 

 Lost 



Silica (Si02) 



Alumina (AI2O3) 



Ferric oxide (FeoOs) . . . 

 Manganic oxide (MnO) 



Lime (CaO) 



Magnesia (MgO) 



Potash (K2O) 



Soda (Na20) 



Water (H,0) 



Carbon dioxide (CO2) . . 

 Phosphoric acid (P2O5) 



Total 



Per cent 

 4.13 

 4.19 

 2.35 

 4.33 

 44.79 

 0.30 

 0.35 

 0.16 

 2.26 

 34.10 

 3.04 



Per cent 

 33.69 

 30.30 

 1.99 

 14.98 

 3.91 

 0.26 

 0.96 

 0.61 

 10.76 

 0.00 

 2.54 



Per cent 

 0.00 

 0.47 

 2.11 

 2.49 



44.32 

 0.27 

 0.23 

 0.085 

 0.95 



34.10 

 2.73 



Per cent 

 100.00* 

 88.65 

 10.44 

 42.41 



1.07 

 10.62 

 33.63 

 46.74 

 58.37 



0.00 

 10.24 



Per cent 

 0.00 

 11.35 

 89.56 

 57.59 

 98.93 ^ 

 89.38 

 66.37 

 53.26 

 41.63 

 100.00 

 89.76 



100.00 



100.00 



87.755 













*Silica taken as constant. 



