Origin and diagenesis of fine-grained slope sediments : Cow Head Group (Cambro-Ordovician), western Newfoundland
The Cow Head Group is a base-of-slope apron deposit composed of 5 lithofacies: (1) conglomerate, (2) calcarenite, (3) siltstone, (4) shale, and (5) lime mudstone. Conglomerates were deposited by debris flows and the calcarenite grainstones by high-density turbidity currents. Siltstones and shales re...
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Memorial University of Newfoundland
1985
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| Online Access: | https://research.library.mun.ca/6829/ https://research.library.mun.ca/6829/1/MarioConiglio.pdf https://research.library.mun.ca/6829/3/MarioConiglio.pdf |