Mud diapirism: the origin of melanges in accretionary complexes?
- 1 May 1988
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Geology Today
- Vol. 4 (3) , 89-94
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2451.1988.tb00562.x
Abstract
Chaotic melange deposits, a mixture of blocks in a clay matrix, have commonly been attributed to the mechanism of submarine slumping. In the oceans at the present day slumping does not occur on a sufficiently large scale to produce the quantities of melange seen in ancient accretionary complexes. In modern accretionary complexes, massive shale diapirism produces large volumes of melange, and is an entirely adequate mechanism to account for melanges in ancient complexes.Keywords
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