<p> Several sections of the Milk River Formation were measured and studied in detail at Writing on Stone Provincial Park in Southern Alberta. The observed vertical facies succession consists of, from base to top:
1) interbedded, sharp-based sandstones and bioturbated shales; 2) dominantly swaley cross-stratified sandstones; 3) dominantly cross-bedded sandstones;
4) non-marine shales and various thin sandstone and lignite interbeds;
5) local, non-marine cross-bedded sandstones.</p> <p> The sharp-based sandstones have been episodically emplaced on top of offshore muds. The dominantly swaley cross-stratified sandstone is a storm-dominated shoreface deposit in which fairweather deposits (eg. medium
scale cross-bedding), are rarely preserved. The cross-bedded sandstones record deposition in tidally-influenced estuaries which cut into beach and shoreface deposits. The section is capped by vertically accreted muds and thin lignite seams which represent floodplain and terrestrial deposition landwards of the strandline. The non-marine cross-bedded sandstones are
local representatives of fluvial channel deposits.</p> <p> Paleoflow directions measured in the cross-bedded sandstones indicate that the regional strandline was oriented southwest - northeast at Writing on Stone.</p> <p> Petrographic analysis of the swaley cross-stratified and cross-beddedm sandstones indicate that they are Subarkoses. A definite upward coarsening trend from fine to medium grained quartz is observed in the main sandstone body.</p> / Thesis / Bachelor of Science (BSc)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:mcmaster.ca/oai:macsphere.mcmaster.ca:11375/19601 |
| Date | 04 1900 |
| Creators | Clarke McCrory, Vernon Leslie |
| Contributors | Walker, R. G., Geology |
| Source Sets | McMaster University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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