algal limestone
Identification code: 300011289
Hierarchy classification:
- top of the aat hierarchies
- Materials Facet
- Materials (hierarchy name)
- materials (substances)
- [materials by composition]
- inorganic material
- rock (inorganic material)
- sedimentary rock
- [sedimentary rock by composition]
- carbonate rock
- limestone
- [limestone by composition]
- [limestone by composition: aggregate type]
- fossiliferous limestone
Alternative term/s
- limestone, algal
Anotations
Scope note:
Limestone composed largely of the remains of calcium-carbonate-producing algae, or one in which such algae serve to bind together the fragments of other calcium-carbonate producers.
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