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McIlroy, 2004b

Ichnofabrics and sedimentary facies of a tide-dominated delta: Jurassic Ile Formation of Kristin Field, Haltenbanken, Offshore Mid-Norway

McIlroy, D.
DOI
DOI10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.228.01.12
Aasta2004
RaamatThe Application of Ichnology to Palaeoenvironmental and Stratigraphic Analysis
Toimetaja(d)McIlroy, D.
KirjastusGeological Society of London
AjakiriGeological Society, London, Special Publications
Köide228
Number1
Leheküljed237-272
Tüüpartikkel kogumikus
Keelinglise
Id8147

Abstrakt

Tide-dominated deltas are poorly known from the stratigraphic record and are notoriously complex, owing to the wide spectrum of facies encountered and their spatial/temporal variability. The tide-dominated deltaic palaeoenvironment combines the ecological harshness of brackish-water settings with complex tidal channel/tidal-flat type facies architecture on the delta top, in association with more classic deltaic facies-stacking patterns. The Ile Formation is interpreted herein as a tide-dominated delta deposited in a microtidal setting. Its palaeoenvironments are interpreted based on a combination of ichnology, ichnofabric analysis and sedimentology. Ichnofabric stacking patterns are used to elucidate the internal architecture of the notoriously problematic aggradational multi-storey tidal channel units. The tide-dominated deltas of the Ile Formation have a distinctive ichnological signature that may be used to characterize tide-dominated deltas. In comparison to typical river-dominated deltas the Skolithos ichnofacies is less well developed and ichnodiversity is lower than expected in wave-dominated deltas. The ichnofabric model presented has potential to be used, with modification, in other tide-dominated deltaic settings.

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