Copyright by Nysha Chaderton 2009 - The University of Texas at ...
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East Coast Road<br />
Although the East Coast Road outcrop <strong>at</strong> the East Coast Road cut is not directly<br />
accessible when walking from the SGR outcrops, the SGR outcrop is loc<strong>at</strong>ed less than<br />
100 meters from the East Coast Road exposures. <strong>The</strong>refore, the str<strong>at</strong>igraphic<br />
rel<strong>at</strong>ionships between these two outcrops are uncertain, but they are probably rel<strong>at</strong>ed.<br />
<strong>The</strong> lower portion <strong>of</strong> the outcrop is heavily veget<strong>at</strong>ed and overgrown, nevertheless after a<br />
bit <strong>of</strong> effort, descriptions were made <strong>of</strong> a continuous 325 m section (Figure 2.9).<br />
Description<br />
This section is the easternmost exposure <strong>of</strong> Sleeping Giant Ridge and it is<br />
identified using the acronym <strong>of</strong> CRBSGRF. <strong>The</strong> section th<strong>at</strong> is ~ 325 m long was<br />
measured to document the vertical stacking <strong>of</strong> str<strong>at</strong>igraphic units and the l<strong>at</strong>eral<br />
rel<strong>at</strong>ionships between beds <strong>at</strong> the East Coast Road exposure Figure 2.23a-h). Veget<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
cover in this area is extensive and several portions are likely now obscured <strong>by</strong> veget<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
cover or rock falls.<br />
At this loc<strong>at</strong>ion S1, S3 and R3 beds make up Facies 1, 2 and 3 with the Tb, Tc, Td and<br />
Te comprising Facies 4 and 5. Channel fill associ<strong>at</strong>ions are made up <strong>of</strong> the combin<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong><br />
Facies 1, 2, 3 and 4 th<strong>at</strong> make up the coarsest grained beds within the system th<strong>at</strong> overlie<br />
erosive channel bases. <strong>The</strong> channel margins are comprised <strong>of</strong> thin bedded turbidites <strong>of</strong><br />
Facies 4 and 5 th<strong>at</strong> are interpreted as the margins or localized levees <strong>of</strong> the channels due<br />
to their l<strong>at</strong>eral interfingering rel<strong>at</strong>ionship with channel-fill facies associ<strong>at</strong>ions (Deptuck,<br />
2003; Schwarz and Arnott, 2007). Up to 14 individual channel elements make up channel<br />
fill and margin facies associ<strong>at</strong>ions <strong>at</strong> this loc<strong>at</strong>ion (Figure 2.23a-g). At this loc<strong>at</strong>ion 10<br />
stacked channels form a channel complex (Figure 2.23b-f) th<strong>at</strong> is 167 m thick. This<br />
channel complex is overlain <strong>by</strong> <strong>at</strong> least 7 m and possibly up to 10 m, <strong>of</strong> thin-bedded<br />
turbidites <strong>of</strong> Facies 5 th<strong>at</strong> record a localized abandonment phase as discussed <strong>by</strong><br />
Campion (2000). This channel complex is overlain <strong>by</strong> four stacked channels th<strong>at</strong> form a<br />
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