Fluid mud: Distinctive features and implications for genetic stratigraphy

• Nishida Naohisa

  Department of Earth Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Chiba University

• Ito Makoto

  Department of Earth Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Chiba University

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• Fluid mudの特徴とその地層解析における役割
• Fluid mud ノ トクチョウ ト ソノ チソウ カイセキ ニ オケル ヤクワリ

Abstract

Fluid mud, which is defined as fluid containing more than 10 g/L of suspended sediments, is formed mainly by (1) the development of turbidity maximum in tide-influenced depositional environments, particularly in estuaries and distributary channels; or by (2) high sediment discharge at river mouths during flood events. Muddy deposits, which are formed from fluid mud, are characterized mainly by massive facies and clay fabric herein named “granular structure”. Some fluid-mud deposits in coastal and shallow-marine successions have been interpreted to represent environments located further offshore than those associated with sandy deposits. Thus, the identification of fluid-mud deposits in stratigraphic records is crucial for a better understanding of depositional environments and processes.

Journal

• The Journal of the Geological Society of Japan

  The Journal of the Geological Society of Japan 115 (4), 149-167, 2009-04-15

  The Geological Society of Japan

Keywords

• fluid mud
• clay fabric
• depositional processes
• depositional environments

Details

• CRID: 1390282681215304320
• NII Article ID: 130000123119
• NII Book ID: AN00141768
• DOI: 10.5575/geosoc.115.149
• COI: 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD1MXmtlygsb4%3D
• ISSN: 13499963
• ISSN: 00167630
• NDL BIB ID: 10300179
• Web Site: http://id.ndl.go.jp/bib/10300179
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I10300179
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/geosoc/115/4/115_4_149/_pdf
• Text Lang: ja
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