6.1.7: Offshore Marine Environments (Chapters 14, 15)
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Figure \(\PageIndex{1}\) - Hummocky Cross Stratification
Figure \(\PageIndex{2}\) - Hummocky Cross Stratification (HCS)
Figure \(\PageIndex{3}\) - Storm Cross Stratification (HCS and wave ripples)
Figure \(\PageIndex{4}\) - Shallow subtidal sandstones and shales
Figure \(\PageIndex{5}\) - Closer view of wave ripple in previous photo
Figure \(\PageIndex{6}\) - Shallow subtidal sandstone with mud chips from the same succession
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The Devonian-Mississippian Boundary, Southern Canadian Rockies
Research Question: Did the depositional environment remain deep during this disconformity?
Figure \(\PageIndex{7}\) - Overview photo of the outcrop
Figure \(\PageIndex{8}\) - Closer view of the disconformity
Figure \(\PageIndex{9}\) - Phosphatized bone on the disconformity
Figure \(\PageIndex{10}\) - Glauconitic sandstone with pyrite on the disconformity
See the turbidites page as well.
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