Copyright by Nysha Chaderton 2009 - The University of Texas at ...
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succession <strong>of</strong> interlamin<strong>at</strong>ed siltstones and mudstones, with thin interbedded sands; very<br />
similar in appearance to those th<strong>at</strong> outcrop <strong>at</strong> the Walker Ridge locality. <strong>The</strong>se fine-<br />
grained units str<strong>at</strong>igraphically overlie the Sleeping Giant Ridge section, suggesting a<br />
second period <strong>of</strong> sand rich deposition.<br />
S3 beds with scoured bases (Facies 3) and Tc, and Td beds <strong>of</strong> Facies 4 and 5 are<br />
the most common individual beds identified <strong>at</strong> this outcrop. Channel fill <strong>at</strong> this loc<strong>at</strong>ion is<br />
made up <strong>of</strong> the stacked medium to coarse grained sands <strong>of</strong> Facies 3 and the levee facies<br />
associ<strong>at</strong>ion th<strong>at</strong> are comprised <strong>of</strong> the thin bedded turbidites <strong>of</strong> Facies 4 and 5 are<br />
interpreted to represent the margins or localized levees <strong>of</strong> the channels due to their l<strong>at</strong>eral<br />
interfingering rel<strong>at</strong>ionship with the channel fill facies associ<strong>at</strong>ion (Deptuck 2003,<br />
Schwarz and Arnott, 2007). Only one complete channel th<strong>at</strong> is <strong>at</strong> least 5 m in height is<br />
identified <strong>at</strong> this loc<strong>at</strong>ion and it overlies 9 m <strong>of</strong> a Facies 5 levee associ<strong>at</strong>ion (Figure 2.24).<br />
<strong>The</strong> EB section appears to record a return <strong>of</strong> the channelized depositional system<br />
after abandonment following the deposition <strong>of</strong> the Sleeping Giant Ridge channel complex<br />
set<br />
Walker’s Ridge<br />
<strong>The</strong> Walker’s Ridge outcrop (Figures 2.25, 2.26, 2.27) is the most northerly<br />
loc<strong>at</strong>ion (Figure 2.3, 2.4) and the str<strong>at</strong>igraphic rel<strong>at</strong>ionships with the other loc<strong>at</strong>ions to the<br />
south are unclear.<br />
Description<br />
<strong>The</strong> Walker’s Ridge section is an extensive outcrop <strong>of</strong> lamin<strong>at</strong>ed shales and sands<br />
(60 + meters) overlain <strong>by</strong> stacked thick sands separ<strong>at</strong>ed <strong>by</strong> silty shale intervals. Three<br />
measured sections; WRA, WRB and WRC were correl<strong>at</strong>ed across the outcrop and they<br />
define a continuous 70 meter thick section. Trace fossils have been identified as<br />
Diplocr<strong>at</strong>erion habichi (J. MacEachern, pers. comm., 2007). <strong>The</strong>se trace fossils are<br />
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