Mixed carbonate-siliciclastic
sediments can provide unique interpretive challenges, as the two types of
sediments are controlled by different parameters. In this paper, Chiarella and Longhitano describe the
application of a new technique for describing and interpreting sediments of mixed
systems. The application of this
method to a succession of Plio-Pleistocene deposits facilitated the
reconstruction of the depositional framework and stratigraphic evolution,
revealing otherwise ambiguous patterns.
These techniques and results illustrate a new means to evaluate mixed
carbonate-siliciclastic systems and their dynamics.
Distinguishing depositional environments in shallow-water mixed, bio-siliciclastic deposits on the basis of the degree of heterolithic segregation (Gelasian, southern Italy) by Domenico Chiarella and Sergio G.
Longhitano
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