9 November 2014

Silurian mudcracks in cross-section

Posted by Callan Bentley

Spotted these cross-sectioned mudcracks yesterday on Corridor H, on the GSW fall field trip:

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They are in the Tonoloway Formation, a batch of tidal flat carbonates with lots of evidence of shallow arid conditions.