Print this pageAbstract: Sedimentology and Depositional Environments of Late Eocene Mixed Carbonate and Siliciclastic Sediment, Savannah River Area, South Carolina and Georgia{1}
HARRIS, MARY K., Westinghouse Savannah River Technology Center; PAUL A. THAYER, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Summary
The Griffins Landing Member of the Dry Branch Fm., correlated to the Upper Eocene TA4.2 cycle, is a mixed siliciclastic-carbonate deposit that contains transgressive and highstand system tracts. The Griffins Landing includes four lithofacies: sandy, calcareous mud; muddy, calcareous quartz sand; muddy, quartz-rich wackestone and packstone; and muddy, quartz-rich grainstone. The unit accumulated in coastal, marginal marine, and inner shelf environments in relatively clear water of normal salinity. Facies distribution was controlled by eustasy and the amount, rate, and locus of terrigenous input.
AAPG Search and Discovery Article #90937©1998 AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition, Salt Lake City, Utah