Talk:Mudstone

Carbonate
A quick note for myself or anyone else: this article currently deals with only clastics, while "mudstone" is also used to describe carbonates. Awickert (talk) 05:01, 14 June 2009 (UTC) I agree. 94.116.192.45 (talk) 09:20, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
 * This is actually kind of a problem, because the term "mudstone" appearing in geological writings, without qualification, almost always is assumed to refer to siliciclastic mudstone. I'm not sure how to best handle this, though I lean towards giving it less weight. As it stands, the article says more about carbonate mudstone and mudstone on Mars than it does about siliciclastic mudstone on Earth. --Kent G. Budge (talk) 01:18, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

Nomenclature
I suggest using "Mudrock" as the title for this article, as it is the one of the most common umbrella terms for siliciclastic fine-grained rocks with particles less than 0.0625 millimeters, and it will satisfy the disagreement between the proper umbrella term and the subcategory of "Mudstone." HerodA3


 * As you have created the mudrock article from the previous redirect, I've restored this to mudstone content. Likely needs further refining. Vsmith (talk) 03:30, 24 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Agreed that "mudrock" is the best catch-all term for rocks made of mud ... this follows most modern literature and is even implied in the text of this entry. Entry for mudstone should probably be modified to reflect that it is a particular type of mudrock composed of a mixture of silt- and clay-sized particles.  Rygel, M.C. (talk) 17:40, 26 November 2010 (UTC)