Page 115 - Petrology of Sedimentary Rocks

FOUR-DIMENSIONAL TECTONOLITHOLOGIC CONTINUUM

SOURCE
ROCK

m SED.
Thick ~MET.
h Lila MET. or
IGN.

fZl IGN.
TH I CKNESS
OF
SED I MENTARY
COVER

Thin
INTENSE FOLDING QUIESCENCE
BLOCK- AND AND
FAULTING THRUST I NG STABILITY

DECREASING TECTONISM

PRISMS LENSES BLANKETS

Alluvial Fans grading Fluvial, Deltaic, Aeolian; . ..Beach
into fluvial deposits and Ner i t i c and Neritic
(rarely marine)
/

MATURITY USUALLY LOW, MATURITY USUALLY HIGH,
increases away from source as size uniform maturity and size over
decreases away from source. wide areas.

PREFERRED ASSOCIATIONS OF THE TECTONIC STAGES

(There are numerous exceptions)
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