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| Topical Code | Subcategory Indices | Topical Hierarchy (from Juliet & Liz) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Number | Number of Specimens | Last Number | Top Level | Second Level | Third Level | Fourth Level | |
| I. Primary structures | |||||||
| DBd | 1 | 10 | 10 | A. bedding - unclassified | |||
| 11 | 20 | 30 | 1. planar bedding | ||||
| 31 | 20 | 50 | 2. cross bedding | ||||
| 51 | 20 | 70 | 3. graded bedding | ||||
| DSs | 1 | 20 | 20 | B. sedimentary structures - unclassified | |||
| 21 | 10 | 30 | 1. ripples - unclassified | ||||
| 31 | 10 | 40 | a) oscillation ripples | ||||
| 41 | 10 | 50 | b) current ripples | ||||
| 51 | 20 | 70 | 2. mud cracks | ||||
| DCt | 1 | 20 | 20 | C. contacts - unclassified | |||
| 21 | 20 | 40 | 1. chilled margin | ||||
| 41 | 20 | 60 | 2. contact metamorphism | ||||
| 61 | 20 | 80 | 3. multiple cross-cutting relationships | ||||
| DSo | 1 | 10 | 10 | II. Straining of objects - unclassified | |||
| 11 | 5 | 15 | A. Unstrained objects - unclassified | ||||
| 16 | 10 | 25 | 1. Fossils | ||||
| 26 | 10 | 35 | 2. Conglomerate | ||||
| 36 | 5 | 40 | 3. Reduction Spots | ||||
| 41 | 15 | 55 | B. linear objects | ||||
| 56 | 15 | 70 | C. spherical/ellipsoidal objects | ||||
| 71 | 15 | 85 | D. angular change | ||||
| DJt | 1 | 10 | 10 | III. Joints - unclassified | |||
| 11 | 5 | 15 | A. joint surface textures - unclassified | ||||
| 16 | 10 | 25 | 1. plumose structure, hackle | ||||
| 26 | 10 | 35 | 2. ribs | ||||
| 36 | 10 | 45 | 3. fringe joints | ||||
| 46 | 10 | 55 | B. cooling joints (columnar joints) | ||||
| 56 | 10 | 65 | C. bed-bounded joints | ||||
| 66 | 10 | 75 | D. joints stained by fluids | ||||
| DVn | 1 | 10 | 10 | IV. Veins - unclassified | |||
| 11 | 5 | 15 | A. vein fill - unclassified | ||||
| 16 | 10 | 25 | 1. blocky | ||||
| 26 | 10 | 35 | 2. fibrous - unclassified | ||||
| 36 | 10 | 45 | a) syntaxial veins | ||||
| 46 | 10 | 55 | b) antitaxial veins | ||||
| 56 | 5 | 60 | B. vein arrays - unclassified | ||||
| 61 | 10 | 70 | 1. en echelon | ||||
| 71 | 10 | 80 | 2. sigmoidal | ||||
| DPs | 1 | 100 | 100 | V. Stylolites/pressure solution | |||
| DFt | 1 | 10 | 10 | VII. Faults - unclassified | |||
| 11 | 5 | 15 | A. offset markers - unclassified | ||||
| 16 | 10 | 25 | 1. contraction | ||||
| 26 | 10 | 35 | 2. extension | ||||
| 36 | 10 | 45 | 3. slip parallel to layering | ||||
| 46 | 10 | 55 | 4. undetermined | ||||
| 56 | 20 | 75 | B. fault tips | ||||
| 76 | 20 | 95 | C. fault arrays | ||||
| DFs | 1 | 20 | 20 | VIII. Fault surfaces - unclassified | |||
| 21 | 20 | 40 | A. slickenlines | ||||
| 41 | 20 | 60 | B. slip fibers | ||||
| 61 | 20 | 80 | C. chatter marks | ||||
| DFr | 1 | 5 | 5 | IX. Fault Rocks - unclassified | |||
| 6 | 10 | 15 | A. deformation bands | ||||
| 16 | 10 | 25 | B. breccia | ||||
| 26 | 10 | 35 | C. gouge | ||||
| 36 | 10 | 45 | D. cataclasite | ||||
| 46 | 10 | 55 | E. pseudotachylite | ||||
| 56 | 5 | 60 | F. mylonite - unclassified | ||||
| 61 | 10 | 70 | 1. hi-T | ||||
| 71 | 10 | 80 | 2. med-T | ||||
| 81 | 10 | 90 | 3. lo-T | ||||
| 91 | 10 | 100 | G. shear sense indicators | ||||
| XI. Folds | |||||||
| DFf | 1 | 5 | 5 | A. fold forms (F1) - unclassified | |||
| 6 | 10 | 15 | 1. parallel (Class IB) | ||||
| 16 | 10 | 25 | 2. similar (Class II) | ||||
| 26 | 10 | 35 | 3. not parallel, not similar (Class III) | ||||
| 36 | 10 | 45 | 4. cylindrical | ||||
| 46 | 10 | 55 | 5. non-cylindrical | ||||
| 56 | 10 | 65 | 6. symmetrical | ||||
| 66 | 10 | 75 | 7. asymmetrical | ||||
| DFh | 1 | 10 | 10 | B. hinge form - unclassified | |||
| 11 | 10 | 20 | 1. box, chevron | ||||
| 21 | 10 | 30 | 2. angular | ||||
| 31 | 10 | 40 | 3. rounded | ||||
| 41 | 10 | 50 | 4. sheath | ||||
| 51 | 5 | 55 | C. interlimb angles - unclassified | ||||
| 56 | 5 | 60 | 1. gentle | ||||
| 61 | 5 | 65 | 2. open | ||||
| 66 | 5 | 70 | 3. closed | ||||
| 71 | 5 | 75 | 4. tight | ||||
| 76 | 5 | 80 | 5. isoclinal | ||||
| DFo | 1 | 5 | 5 | C. multiple layers - unclassified | |||
| 6 | 5 | 10 | 1. disharmonic | ||||
| 11 | 5 | 15 | 2. ptygmatic | ||||
| 16 | 5 | 20 | 3. parasitic | ||||
| 21 | 10 | 30 | D. kink bands | ||||
| 31 | 10 | 40 | E. Forced (fault related) | ||||
| 41 | 5 | 45 | F. re-folded folds (F2+) | ||||
| 46 | 5 | 50 | 1. type 1 | ||||
| 51 | 5 | 55 | 2. type 2 | ||||
| 56 | 5 | 60 | 3. type 3 | ||||
| DCv | 1 | 5 | 5 | XII. Cleavage - unclassified | |||
| 6 | 5 | 10 | A. continuous - unclassified | ||||
| 11 | 10 | 20 | 1. slaty | ||||
| 21 | 10 | 30 | 2. phyllitic | ||||
| 31 | 10 | 40 | 3. pencil | ||||
| 41 | 5 | 45 | B. spaced - unclassified | ||||
| 46 | 10 | 55 | 1. disjunctive | ||||
| 56 | 10 | 65 | 2. crenulation | ||||
| 66 | 5 | 70 | C. Fold-related - unclassified | ||||
| 71 | 10 | 80 | 1. Axial planar | ||||
| 81 | 10 | 90 | 2. cleavage refraction | ||||
| DFl | 1 | 10 | 10 | XIII. Foliation - unclassified | |||
| 11 | 5 | 15 | A. tectonic foliation - unclassified | ||||
| 16 | 10 | 25 | 1. S tectonite | ||||
| 26 | 10 | 35 | 2. L-S tectonite | ||||
| 36 | 15 | 50 | B. magmatic foliation | ||||
| 51 | 5 | 55 | C. Metamorphic foliation - unclassified | ||||
| 56 | 10 | 65 | 1. Gneissic | ||||
| 66 | 10 | 75 | 2. Schistose | ||||
| DLn | 1 | 10 | 10 | XIV. Lineation - unclassified | |||
| 11 | 15 | 25 | A. mineral lineation | ||||
| 26 | 15 | 40 | B. stretching lineation | ||||
| 41 | 15 | 55 | C. intersection lineation | ||||
| 56 | 15 | 70 | D. slip lineations | ||||
| 71 | 5 | 75 | E. tectonic lineation - unclassified | ||||
| 76 | 10 | 85 | 1. L-tectonite | ||||