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Use of clay fabric to distinguish turbidites from hemipelagic siltstone
Author(s) -
AZMON EMANUEL
Publication year - 1981
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.1365-3091.1981.tb01933.x
Subject(s) - siltstone , turbidite , geology , sedimentary rock , sedimentary structures , geomorphology , geochemistry , geotechnical engineering , facies , structural basin
In a recent paper O'Brien, Nakazawa & Tokuhashi (1980) summarized observations of clay fabric in some Pliocene and Holocene siltstones and silts. They demonstrated that clay fabric could be used, in combination with other sedimentary features, to distinguish hemipelagic sediments and turbidites.