Early Permian silt-bed fluvial sedimentation in the Orogrande basin of the Ancestral Rocky Mountains, New Mexico, USA

Mack, Greg H., Leeder, Mike, Perez-Arlucea, Marta and Bailey, Brendan D. J. (2003) Early Permian silt-bed fluvial sedimentation in the Orogrande basin of the Ancestral Rocky Mountains, New Mexico, USA. Sedimentary Geology, 160 (1-3). pp. 159-178.

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Abstract

The Lower Permian (Wolfcampian) Abo Formation of south-central New Mexico was deposited by a silt-dominated fluvial system along the western half of the Orogrande basin a few degrees north of the equator in western Pangaea. Fluvial channel deposits consist primarily of: (1) inclined siltstone stratasets up to 4.5 m thick and 25 m wide interpreted as point bar deposits, and (2) symmetrically infilled siltstone stratasets up to 2.4 m thick and 14 m long that may represent avulsion crevasse channels. Both types of channels are dominated by climbing ripple cross-laminae and plane bed laminae, but trough cross-beds are also present, as are several types of soft-sediment deformation structures and desiccation cracks. Red silty mudstones interpreted as floodplain deposits comprise up to 70% of the formation and are interbedded with thin (

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Geosciences
Depositing User:	Rosie Cullington
Date Deposited:	15 Jun 2011 13:24
Last Modified:	24 Oct 2022 02:59
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/32621
DOI:	10.1016/S0037-0738(02)00375-5

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