Publication details
Depositional environment and provenance analyses of the Zobing Formation (Upper Carboniferous-Lower Permian), Austria
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| Year of publication | 2015 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences |
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| Field | Geology and mineralogy |
| Keywords | Zöbing Formation; Upper Carboniferous-Lower Permian; facies and provenance analyse; terrestrial deposits; terminal fluvial system |
| Description | The deposits of the Upper Carboniferous to Lower Permian Zöbing Formation in Lower Austria have been studied by a widerange of sedimentological methods in several limited outcrops. Four facies associations were identified: (a) non-channelized finegrained deposits; (b) channelized sandstones, (c) non-channelized conglomerates, and (d) channelized conglomerates. Non-channelized fine-grained sediments are interpreted as deposits in shallow, semi-permanent pools on floodplains. Channelized sandstones are associated with fluvial processes and mostly represent crevasse channels cut into the floodplains. Channelized conglomerates originated from coarse-grained confined and hyperconcentrated flows. Non-channelized conglomerates are interpreted as sediments of alluvial fan and alluvial plain systems. A terminal fluvial system developed under a semi-arid to arid climatic regime is supposed to be the depositional environment of the Zöbing Formation. |