Probable sequential arrangement of depositional systems on cratons

Research Article| January 01, 1982 Probable sequential arrangement of depositional systems on cratons George deVries Klein George deVries Klein 1Department of Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 245 Natural History Building, 1301 W. Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information George deVries Klein 1Department of Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 245 Natural History Building, 1301 W. Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801 Publisher: Geological Society of America First Online: 01 Jun 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2682 Print ISSN: 0091-7613 Geological Society of America Geology (1982) 10 (1): 17–22. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1982)10<17:PSAODS>2.0.CO;2 Article history First Online: 01 Jun 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation George deVries Klein; Probable sequential arrangement of depositional systems on cratons. Geology 1982;; 10 (1): 17–22. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1982)10<17:PSAODS>2.0.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract Depositional systems recorded in cratonic successions are formed by fluvial, eolian, deltaic, wave, storm, and tidal processes. Their spatial and temporal distribution is controlled by tectonic uplift, the areal width over which marine processes inundate cratons, and climate.The craton width of marine sedimentation appears to control the lateral and vertical distribution of sediment depositional systems. For transgressive clastic sequences, craton widths are narrow and are dominated by subtidal and coastal storm-generated and wave-dominated barrier depositional systems, during early phases of transgression. As the craton becomes submerged over a wider area, tidal depositional systems become dominant and include subtidal sand bodies and coastal tidal flats. During regression, fluvial and eolian depositional systems become dominant.Tectonism controls the facies patterns in two ways. If tectonism is active during deposition, cratonic sequences of narrower shelves, dominated by wave and storm depositional systems, seem to be characteristic. If tectonism consists of uplifts confined to the margins of the craton, sediment yield increases onto the craton, favoring regressive fluvial and deltaic depositional systems.Although the climatic variable is more difficult to evaluate, it tends to control the occurrence of clastic sediments (more humid) and carbonate sediments (arid, tropical). In tropical and subtropical latitudes, a carbonate facies distribution is favored, and the stratigraphic development of depositional systems controlled by increasing width of cratonic inundation by marine processes occurs in much the same way as suggested for clastic sediments. If tectonic uplift is active in areas adjoining carbonate cratonic sedimentation, a regressive deltaic clastic wedge occurs, instead of nonmarine eolian sediments, which appear to be normative regressive sediments in carbonate terrains. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.