William W. Little
Gentile Wash: Panther Tongue (FSST - River-dominated delta)
© 2015 by W.W. Little Geological Consulting, LLCDSC06990 Photo by W. W. Little
River-dominated Deltaic Facies Model
From SEPM Strata (sepmstrata.org) From SEPM Strata (sepmstrata.org)
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Panther Tongue Member
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Thinly Interbedded SS & MS Facies Association (delta front)
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Bouma Sequence (delta-front turbidites)
Erosive base (flute & load casts) -> structureless ss -> horizontially-laminated ss -> ripple (often climing)-laminated ss -> horizontally-laminated ms. Burowing common through ss. Photo by W. W. Little
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Flute Casts
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Tool Marks
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Load Casts
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Structureless ss and Contorted Bedding
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Climbing Ripples
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Ophiomorpha
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Medium- to thickly-bedded SS Facies Association (distributary-mouths)
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Horizontally-laminated SS
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Trough Cross-laminated SS
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Lag Deposit (flooding surface)
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Basinward-dipping Clinoforms
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