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sands plot along the F and L line, with sometimes significant Q components. Clustering near the F pole indicates a dissected arc, and clustering near the L pole indicates an undissected, or new arc. As sandstones, these are known as
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sands plot near the Q pole, but with significant F and L components. This includes "thin-skinned tectonics" common in subduction back-arc thrusting. As sandstones, these are known as
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Ternary diagram showing the relative abundance of quartz, feldspar, and lithic grains and views of what selected compositions would look like.
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sands are near the F pole. This includes "thick-skinned tectonics." As sandstones, these are known as
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Transitional continental sands are along the QF line. As sandstones, these are known as
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of a sandstone is directly related to its tectonic environment of formation.
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sands are clustered near the Q pole. As sandstones, these are known as
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QFL triangle showing schematic plots of common sand compositions
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The importance of a QFL triangle is mainly demonstrated in
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exercises. As first demonstrated in the 1979 paper by
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QFL diagrams

ternary diagram
compositional data
sandstones
sands
Gazzi-Dickinson method
quartz
feldspar
lithic fragments
chert

tectonic
Bill Dickinson
Chris Suczek
provenance
Craton
quartz arenites
arkoses
uplift
arkoses
orogen
lithic sandstones
Arc
arkoses
lithic sandstones
Folk classification
Dickinson, William R.
Suczek, Christopher A.
"Plate Tectonics and Sandstone Compositions"

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