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Image of the week #2
Source info:
| Author: | Paul Wilson |
|---|---|
| Date: | 2008-09-12 00:00:00 |
| Blog: | Sedimentary Basins and Petroleum Geology  |
| URL: | http://basintectonics.blogspot.com/2008/09/image-of-week-2.html |
Summary:
This is from my PhD thesis. Although at first sight it probably looks like a cross-section through a fold/thrust belt, the scale is somewhat different. It's actually a scan of a large thin section. The folds and thrusts are a small-scale slump in finely interbedded sandstone and mudstone of the Albert Formation of New Brunswick, Canada. The base of the slump cuts down through the underlyingContent analysis:
Stratigraphic context:
| Recognized stratigraphic terms [n]: | Albert Formation [1] |
|---|---|
| Agenames chronostratigraphy [rating]: | [0.1] Carboniferous [0.1] Devonian [0.1] Paleozoic [0.5] Phanerozoic [0.5] Upper Devonian [0.1] |
Keywords:
Albert Formation
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