Architecture of a distal pre‐vegetation braidplain: Cambrian middle member of the Wood Canyon Formation, southern Marble Mountains, California, USA

• Published in: Sedimentology Vol. 67; no. 2; pp. 1084 - 1113
• Main Authors: Muhlbauer, Jason G., Fedo, Christopher M., Moersch, Jeffrey E., Bristow, Charlie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Madrid Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.02.2020
• Subjects: Accretion; Aggradation; Associations; Braiding; Braidplain; Cambrian; Canyons; Deposition; Environment models; Eolian transport; Flood stages; Floodplains; fluvial architecture; Fluvial deposits; Groundwater table; Iron oxides; Mapping; Marble; Marble Mountains; Mountains; Outcrops; Overland flow; pre‐vegetation; Sand bars; Sandstone; Sedimentary facies; Sedimentary rocks; Sedimentary structures; Strata; Stratification; Stratigraphy; Structure from Motion; Surface runoff; Water table; Wood; Wood Canyon Formation; United States > US; California

Architectural element analysis and detailed mapping of a 300 m along‐strike exposure of the middle member Wood Canyon Formation, southern Marble Mountains, California, USA, provides new evidence for extensive braided–fluvial channel‐belt deposits with adjacent overbank environments. Three‐dimensiona...