Recent Developments in Fluvial Sedimentology

This volume brings together 36 of the manuscripts that were presented at the Third International Fluvial Sedimentology Conference hosted by Colorado State University in August, 1985. Fluvial systems and sedimentary rock sequences discussed range in age from Holocene to Precambrian and include many diverse areas. The principal objective of the volume was to document the recent developments in the application of facies analysis to the reconstruction of the architecture of fluvial systems. Reconstruction of architecture is an integral part of the overall process of basin analysis.
Three-Dimensional Facies Geometry in Pleistocene Outwash Sediments, Worcestershire, U.K.
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Published:January 01, 1987
Abstract
Three-dimensional exposures provided by quarrying of aggregate have been used to determine the geometry of genetic units within a sequence of outwash gravels. The genetic units represent lithofacies associations and are of three types. Association A is predominantly composed of gravelly lithofacies interpreted to have been deposited as sheets by laterally migrating bar complexes in the active channel belt of a low sinuosity river. Association B comprises thin, discontinuous sheets of sandy lithofacies interpreted to have been deposited from shallow flows as floodplain or bar top sediments. Association C consists of sands and fine gravels deposited as channel fills....