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second channel complex (Figure f-g) that is 28 m thick. This channel complex is overlain
by at least 79 m of thin-bedded turbidites of Facies 5 and 6 that make up an extensive
master levee (after Mutti, 1977).
The stacked channel complexes are bounded below by 31 m of Facies 6 of
channel master levee facies (Figure 2.23a) as described by Mutti (1977), Deptuck (2003)
and Schwarz and Arnott (2007). They are also bounded above by 79 m of Facies 6
(Figure 2.23h). Two channel complexes can be identified at this location and they are
vertically stacked and bound below by 31 m of an extensive master levee sequence and
above by 79 m of a master levee sequence that records a more regional abandonment of
the system set in space or time (Campion, 2000; Schwarz and Arnott, 2007).
Two or more channel complexes stacked vertically are called a channel complex
system. The channel complex system is bound at its base by a basinward shift in facies
and at its top by a surface of abandonment (Campion, 2000; Sprague et al., 2002; Abreu
et al., 2003). This location has two channel complexes that combine to form a channel
complex system set and is bound below by 31 m of a basinward shift in facies and above
by a surface of abandonment. The entire 325 m of this outcrop is therefore interpreted as
an entire channel complex system set as described by other authors (Campion, 2000;
Sprague et al., 2002; Abreu et al., 2003).
Ermy Bourne
The Ermy Bourne (EB) locality is the first package with high sand content that
overlies the abandonment facies that cap the Sleeping Giant Ridge section.
Description
The Ermy Bourne (EB) section is exposed in a series of spectacular folds that
allow accessibility for closely spaced correlation of beds. Three stratigraphic sections
were measured at the locality. The entire upper outcrop is underlain by a thick
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