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DAS KALZITGEFÜGE DER SPARITISCHEN KALKE DES PLASSEN (TITHONIUM, NÖRDLICHE KALKALPEN, OBERÖSTERREICH)
Author(s) -
FENNINGER ALOIS
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
sedimentology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.494
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1365-3091
pISSN - 0037-0746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3091.1968.tb00835.x
Subject(s) - subaerial , geology , calcite , submarine , geochemistry , mineralogy , geomorphology , paleontology , oceanography
SUMMARY The sparitic Plassen Limestone (Tithonian, N.K.A., Upper Austria) The sparitic Plassen Limestone (Tithonian, N.K.A., Upper Austria) shows various types of calcite‐fabric. We distinguish fibrous, fibrous‐drusy, and drusy cavity fillings. While the fibrous fabric can be interpreted as submarine precipitation soon after sedimentation, an explanation of the drusy calcites as submarine or subaerial precipitation remains an open question. There are, however, indications of subaerial influences. For the origin of the dismicrites an interpretation as shrinkage structures may be considered.