—Bivalve death assemblages from subtidal environments within the tropical Bocas del Toro embayment of Caribbean Panama permit a test of the extent to which levels of damage are determined by the intrinsic nature of shell supply (proportion of epifaunal species, thick shells, calcitic shells, low-organic microstructures), as opposed to the extrinsic postmortem environment that shells experience....

Abstract Mixed sedimentation is mainly a phenomenon by which siliciclastic and carbonate are mixed under similar sedimentary environment. The study of the composition rock can reflect sediments Canglangpu formation in eastern Sichuan basin widely developed exhibit well exploration prospects. In this study, classification diagram suitable for was proposed combining lithologic characteristics wit...

Cambrian konservat-lagerstätten are the most significant fossil deposits for our understanding of the initiation of Phanerozoic life. Although many modes of preservation may occur, these deposits most frequently contain nonmineralized fossils preserved in the form of kerogenized carbon films, a rare yet important taphonomic pathway that has not previously been explained for any unit by a compre...

Along active margins, the combination of predominant tectonic activity and shallow-marine mixed siliciclastic-carbonate source systems developing upon around actively growing structures challenges traditional source-to-sink models. This study aims to investigate implications shelfal domains located in contrasting geotectonic settings (thrust forelimb backlimb) for development concomitant gravit...

To assess the influence of growing salt structures on facies distribution, stratal pattern, and thickness trends, this paper provides tectonostratigraphic framework outstandingly exposed Cotiella minibasins (South-Central Pyrenees, Spain). Based detailed analysis field cross-sections, our results showcase syn-halokinetic upper Coniacian-lower Santonian infill (1.5–3 km thick) records four shall...

Sedimentary facies and foraminiferal assemblages of sediments sampled into seven Posidonia oceanica meadows from Western Mediterranean Sea were investigated. Six sampling sites are localised in Italy (Maratea, Ponza Island, Santa Marinella, Giglio Island, Osalla and Alghero), and one in France (Argentella, Crovani Bay, Corsica). The role of P. oceanica meadows in the sedimentary processes was i...

This article presents an integrated approach based on stratigraphic forward modeling and reactive transport to adequately represent the development of a mixed siliciclastic-carbonate sedimentary system its diagenesis. work was realized realistic case study, Oligo-Miocene series Carry-le-Rouet, South-East France, characterized by complex pattern bioclastic, bioconstructed siliciclastic deposits,...

Article history: Received 12 August 2010 Received in revised form 24 January 2011 Accepted 6 February 2011 Editor: P. DeMenocal