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Classification – A Name for Your Sample

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There are too many papers that simply conclude that the carbonate rocks of a given study can be arranged according to the classification of one or more authors. All too often these workers have failed to recognize that a classification is simply a tool for organizing information, not the source of a conclusion (Blatt et al. 1972).

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Flügel, E. (2010). Classification – A Name for Your Sample. In: Microfacies of Carbonate Rocks. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03796-2_8

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