NEAP-SPRING TIDAL CYCLICITY IN LAMINATED CARBONATE CHANNEL-FILL DEPOSITS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS - SALEM LIMESTONE (MISSISSIPPIAN), SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA, U.S.A.

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作者
BROWN, MA
ARCHER, AW
KVALE, EP
机构
[1] INDIANA UNIV,DEPT GEOL,BLOOMINGTON,IN 47405
[2] AZTEL,BLOOMINGTON,IN 47402
[3] INDIANA GEOL SURV,BLOOMINGTON,IN 47405
来源
JOURNAL OF SEDIMENTARY PETROLOGY | 1990年 / 60卷 / 01期
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D O I
10.1306/212F9133-2B24-11D7-8648000102C1865D
中图分类号
P5 [地质学];
学科分类号
0709 ; 081803 ;
摘要
The laminations consist of carbonate grains and micrite in layers up to 2mm thick capped by thin (0.1-0.3mm) drapes of organic matter. Each couplet was generated by mixed or semidiurnal tidal events, during which carbonate sediment was mobilized and deposited by the dominant tide and organic material settled from suspension during slackwater conditions. Laminae thicken and thin systematically in a vertical sequence as a result of neap-spring tidal current fluctuations that occur during a lunar month. -from Authors
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