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Nice plume
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| Date: | 2013-04-08 12:45:33 |
| Blog: | Mountain Beltway  |
| URL: | http://blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/2013/04/08/nice-plume/ |
Summary:
Another scene from the South Page Valley Martinsburg outcrop featured here last week: a slightly mud-bedecked example of plumose structure. This plume occurs within a single graded bed (turbidite) of the Martinsburg Formation. It gets younger (paleo-up) to the right. The joint propagation that the plumose structure records began somewhere vertically above the area of this photo, and advanced downward, with the plumes spreading out as it grew. Note the …Content analysis:
Stratigraphic context:
| Recognized stratigraphic terms [n]: | Martinsburg Formation [1] |
|---|---|
| Agenames chronostratigraphy [rating]: | Upper Ordovician [0.1] Middle Ordovician [0.1] Ordovician [0.5] Paleozoic [0.5] Phanerozoic [0.5] |
Geographic context:
| Location | Country | Latitude | Longitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martinsburg | US | 39.4564 | -77.9646 |
Keywords:
bed turbidite, joint propagation, joints, Martinsburg Formation, Nice plume, plumose structure, plumose structure records, single graded bed, slightly mud-bedecked example, Valley Martinsburg outcrop, younger paleo-up
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