Back barrier facies of a microtidal coastline, Upper Cretaceous Blackhawk Formation, Utah
Conference
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· Geol. Soc. Am., Abstr. Programs; (United States)
OSTI ID:6196700
Protected lagoonal environments situated landward or prograding barriers, are characterized by low energy deposits which include flood tidal deltas, flood-dominated channel-fill sandstones, swamps (coal), and lagoon-fill siltstones. Flood tidal deltas consists of landward-dipping beds of sandstone which interfinger vertically and laterally with rooted and/or bioturbated lagoonal siltstones. Locally, individual beds of the flood tidal delta may be rooted or burrowed, which indicates discontinuous deposition of sediment into a lagoon. Channel-fill sandstones characterized by landward-oriented paleocurrent directions are interpreted to represent tidally influenced channels in a flood-dominated, microtidal setting. The majority of the lagoon-fill sediments are bioturbated, rooted, or burrowed siltstone, with brackish water bivalves Crossostrea, Brachidontes, Corbula and Anomia. Trace fossils Thalassinoides, Planolites, Palaeophycus, and Pelecypodichnus are common. Ophiomorpha-burrowed, medium grain size sandstone with abraded oyster shells is the only evidence of higher energy (storm-related) lagoonal deposition. Swamps are represented by low sulfur, low ash coal seams, with tree stumps, tree roots, and dinosaur tracks. Swamp environments prograded over sediment-filled lagoons, and are interpreted as the final stage of back barrier deposition.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. Utah, Salt Lake City (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6196700
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-8510489-
- Conference Information:
- Journal Name: Geol. Soc. Am., Abstr. Programs; (United States) Journal Volume: 17
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Petrology
& Rock Mechanics-- (-1989)
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
COAL
COAL DEPOSITS
COAL SEAMS
CRETACEOUS PERIOD
DEPOSITION
ENERGY SOURCES
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FOSSIL FUELS
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GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
GEOLOGIC FORMATIONS
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SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
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