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TEXTURE<br />

<strong>The</strong> samples examined ranged from medium- to coarse-grained sandstones, most<br />

are interpreted to have been deposited in mid-fan submarine channels (see Chapter 2 this<br />

dissert<strong>at</strong>ion). Two <strong>of</strong> the samples from Inner Turner’s Hall Ridge (ITR) are interpreted to<br />

have been deposited in slightly more distal channel mouth lobes. <strong>The</strong> mean grain size <strong>of</strong><br />

all the samples combined is 3.23 phi and the average standard devi<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> the samples is<br />

0.80, moder<strong>at</strong>ely sorted. Extremely fractured quartz grains are observed within many <strong>of</strong><br />

the samples. Some <strong>of</strong> the fractured quartz grains are still recognizable; however it is<br />

likely th<strong>at</strong> some <strong>of</strong> the smaller grains are actually fractured pieces <strong>of</strong> larger grains. Much<br />

<strong>of</strong> the apparent moder<strong>at</strong>e to poor sorting may be a result <strong>of</strong> fracturing due to tectonic<br />

activity and may not be the result <strong>of</strong> source area or burial compaction processes.<br />

Sample: SGRF 1C<br />

This sample was taken from the first bed in the measured section labeled SGRF-<br />

Sleeping Giant Ridge; section F (Figure 3.5). This measured section is a part <strong>of</strong> an<br />

overturned 250 m vertical succession th<strong>at</strong> has been exposed <strong>by</strong> a road cut. <strong>The</strong> entire<br />

succession thickens and coarsens upward although individual beds fine upward. <strong>The</strong><br />

sample was taken from the upper portion <strong>of</strong> a 150 cm thick bed from an area <strong>of</strong> coarse- to<br />

medium-grained sand th<strong>at</strong> has been interpreted to be a channel fill deposit. This outcrop<br />

has been interpreted to be a stacked channel-levee sequence th<strong>at</strong> has been deposited in a<br />

mid-fan depositional setting.<br />

Mineralogy<br />

<strong>The</strong>re is grain-to-grain contact within the sample but a significant amount <strong>of</strong> pore<br />

space remains. <strong>The</strong>re is minor biotite, white mica, rare chlorite grains, chert, and minor<br />

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