Table 1. Classification of Late Oligocene Margargaria River strata into depositional units.
 

Facies code

Depositional unit

Sedimentary structures

Interpretation

 

A

Fine to very fine sand

Cross-laminated

Ephemeral fluvial deposit of low to medium flow speed (i.e. crevasse splay)

 

B

Silt and very fine sand

Scour and fill and faintly cross-laminated

Ephemerous small scale channel deposit (i.e. chute)

 

C

Silt to fine sand

Massive to faintly laminated

Sediment-gravity flow deposits (i.e. airfall ash)

 

D

Clay to fine sand

Cross- to horizontally-laminated

Reduced traction flood deposits (i.e. overbank deposit)

 

E

Clay, mud and, very fine sand

Massive

Organic- and clay-rich lag deposits from small streams (i.e., mud drape)

 

F

Clay to very fine sand

Massive and bioturbated

Root bed (i.e. paleosol)

 

G

organic matter

Poorly-laminated

In-situ deposits of organic matter (i.e. lignite)