Deposition, Diagenesis and Structures of the Cheese Bay Shrimp Bed, Lower Carboniferous, East Lothian
- 10 November 1984
- journal article
- Published by Geological Society of London in Scottish Journal of Geology
- Vol. 20 (3) , 281-296
- https://doi.org/10.1144/sjg20030281
Abstract
Synopsis: The laminated dolomites and mudstones in the Lower Carboniferous succession containing the Cheese Bay Shrimp Bed are interpreted as the deposits of a thermally stratified freshwater lake or brackish lagoon in which clastic/organic laminites accumulated. Drainage systems in the area were probably disrupted by volcanic activity, and seismic activity strongly affected the semi-consolidated sediments to produce a variety of pull-apart, fold, fault and sediment injection structures. During diagenesis intense dolomitisation of the laminites and associated sediments took place.Keywords
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