Current version of topical coding scheme for deformed rocks (as of 11/8)

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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