Submarine carbonate breccia beds—a oppositional model for two-layer, sediment gravity flows from the Sekwi Formation (Lower Cambrian), Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories, Canada

In the Sekwi Formation, carbonate breccia beds interbedded with slope sediments are interpreted as submarine sediment gravity flows that formed a two-layer deposit during a single transport event. They are intermediate between true slumps and turbidites and may initiate by slumping anywhere on the c...

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Published in:Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
Main Authors: Krause, F. F., Oldershaw, A. E.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1979
Subjects:
Mackenzie mountains
Northwest Territories
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e79-017
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spelling crcansciencepubl:10.1139/e79-017 2024-09-15T18:18:10+00:00 Submarine carbonate breccia beds—a oppositional model for two-layer, sediment gravity flows from the Sekwi Formation (Lower Cambrian), Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories, Canada Krause, F. F. Oldershaw, A. E. 1979 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e79-017 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e79-017 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences volume 16, issue 1, page 189-199 ISSN 0008-4077 1480-3313 journal-article 1979 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/e79-017 2024-07-25T04:10:08Z In the Sekwi Formation, carbonate breccia beds interbedded with slope sediments are interpreted as submarine sediment gravity flows that formed a two-layer deposit during a single transport event. They are intermediate between true slumps and turbidites and may initiate by slumping anywhere on the continental slope and rise. Textural characteristics of the deposits are a function of downslope transport distance. Article in Journal/Newspaper Mackenzie mountains Northwest Territories Canadian Science Publishing Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 16 1 189 199
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description In the Sekwi Formation, carbonate breccia beds interbedded with slope sediments are interpreted as submarine sediment gravity flows that formed a two-layer deposit during a single transport event. They are intermediate between true slumps and turbidites and may initiate by slumping anywhere on the continental slope and rise. Textural characteristics of the deposits are a function of downslope transport distance.
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author Krause, F. F.
Oldershaw, A. E.
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Oldershaw, A. E.
Submarine carbonate breccia beds—a oppositional model for two-layer, sediment gravity flows from the Sekwi Formation (Lower Cambrian), Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories, Canada
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Oldershaw, A. E.
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title Submarine carbonate breccia beds—a oppositional model for two-layer, sediment gravity flows from the Sekwi Formation (Lower Cambrian), Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories, Canada
title_short Submarine carbonate breccia beds—a oppositional model for two-layer, sediment gravity flows from the Sekwi Formation (Lower Cambrian), Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories, Canada
title_full Submarine carbonate breccia beds—a oppositional model for two-layer, sediment gravity flows from the Sekwi Formation (Lower Cambrian), Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories, Canada
title_fullStr Submarine carbonate breccia beds—a oppositional model for two-layer, sediment gravity flows from the Sekwi Formation (Lower Cambrian), Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories, Canada
title_full_unstemmed Submarine carbonate breccia beds—a oppositional model for two-layer, sediment gravity flows from the Sekwi Formation (Lower Cambrian), Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories, Canada
title_sort submarine carbonate breccia beds—a oppositional model for two-layer, sediment gravity flows from the sekwi formation (lower cambrian), mackenzie mountains, northwest territories, canada
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