Re: paleonet storm shelly deposits

[Denver Fowler <df9465@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Raul,

The vectis Fm of the Isle of Wight has a number of
coquina horizons composed principally of the bivalve
Filosina. These same storm beds also contain alot of
vertebrate debris. They are currently one of my main
collecting projects.

A couple of good refs:

RADLEY, J. D. & BARKER,M. J. 1998b.
Palaeoenvironmental
analysis of shell beds in the Wealden Group (Lower
Cretaceous) of the Isle of Wight, southern England: an
initial account. Cretaceous Research 19, 489–504.

and in more detail:

JONATHAN D. RADLEY* & MICHAEL J. BARKER. 2000.
Palaeoenvironmental significance of storm coquinas in
a
Lower Cretaceous coastal lagoonal succession (Vectis
Formation, Isle of Wight, southern England). Geol.
Mag. 137 (2), 2000, pp. 193–205. 

I have both as pdfs, but i am off on some fieldwork
tomorrow (coincidentally to the same deposits). If you
want the pdfs emialing to you, let me know very soon!

All the best,

Denver.


--- "Esperante, Raul (LLU)" <resperante@llu.edu>
wrote:

> Happy New Year to all paleonetters:
>  
> I am requesting some guidance in regard to a
> possible storm deposit with marine vert and invert
> material. The deposit consists of a 20-cm thick
> layer of sst with shells and abundant marine
> vertebrates, including sharks, fish and cetaceans. A
> Georef search hasn't provided references that I use
> to compare with. Could someone provide me with some
> references of studies done in possible sotrm beds
> with vert and invert material? Or can give a hint on
> what the layer I'm studying could be? 
>  
> Raúl Esperante, PhD
> Paleontologist
> Geoscience Research Institute
> Loma Linda, California 92350, USA
> Tel. (909) 558 4548
> FAX (909) 558 4314
> email: resperante@llu.edu
> <mailto:resperante@univ.llu.edu> 
>  
> 



		
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