AN UNUSUAL SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE INDICATIVE OF SHALLOW WATER CONDITIONS IN THE GRÈS ARMORICAIN OF FINISTÈRE (FRANCE)

1 September 1966

journal article
Published by Wiley in Sedimentology

Vol. 7 (2) , 149-154
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3091.1966.tb01586.x

Abstract

SUMMARY: The communication describes dome‐like masses of sand apparently developed by gully erosion on the upper surfaces of Ordovician sandstones. The similarity of these structures to the minor topography of tidal marshes is noted, and it is suggested that similar processes may be responsible.

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