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A natural example of mud diapirs formed in wet sediments
Author(s) -
Cave R.,
Rushton A. W. A.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
geological journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.721
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1099-1034
pISSN - 0072-1050
DOI - 10.1002/gj.3350300208
Subject(s) - diapir , geology , diagenesis , ordovician , natural (archaeology) , paleontology , geochemistry , mineralogy , tectonics
Small mudstone diapirs in multi‐layer Ordovician rocks near Llanwrtyd, Wales, match in anatomy those produced experimentally by Ramberg (1981) and Jackson and Talbot (1989). This appears to be the first record of natural examples at this scale, and they cast light on the relative viscosities of the sediments during early diagenesis.