Facies codes

Descriptions

Colour

Sedimentary Structures

Deposit process

S1

Sandstone medium to coarse grained (30 cm to 2 m thickness)

5Y7/6 to 5R4/6 to 8/1

Horizontal laminations, oblique ferruginous massive red

Cohesive debris flows

S2

Sandstone horizon end alternating way (1 - 4 m thickness)

5R4/6 to 5R5/4

S3

Sandy clay (2 m)

5R5/4

F12

Horizon clay gravel and sandstone fragments (10 - 20 cm)

5R4/6

F11

Horizon nodular clay, gastropods and bivalves matrix (1 - 2 m)

5R4/6

F10

Silts with gastropods and bivalves bioclast (4 m)

5GY4/1

Subhorizontal laminations, low bioturbations, 10 cm thickness

Suspension deposit in a quiet environment

F9

Sand micaceous clay, gastropods and bivalves mould (2 m)

5GY4/1

Horizontal laminations

Planar bed flows with an average hydrodynamic

F8

Horizon clay nodular (2 à 3 m)

5R5/4 to 5Y7/6

F7

Micaceous sandy clay, coal, gastropods and bivalves mould (6 m)

5G4/1

Fine horizontal laminations, 60 cm thickness

Bed flows (Miall, 1978) with an average planar hydrodynamics

F6

Micaceous sandy clay, coal, gastropods and bivalves mould (4 m)

5G6/1

Horizontal laminations

F5

Mottled clay, plates and some ferruginous nodules (2 - 4 m)

5R4/6

Fine horizontal laminations, 60 cm thickness

F4

Micaceous clay studded with gastropods moulds and crusts of hardened plates (6 m)

5G6/1

Horizontal laminations

Suspension deposits in a weak current environment with low energy (Miall, 1996)

F3

Mottled sandy clay, presence of some ferruginous nodules (4 m)

5Y6/1

Horizontal laminations

Deposit in the lower part of a lower flow regime (Miall, 1978; Postma, 1990)

F2

Clay with gastropods moulds and coal (4 m)

5G6/19+

Horizontal laminations

F1

Compact clay rich muscovite and charcoal fragments (4 - 6 m)

5G6/1

Horizontal laminations