Precambrian non-marine stromatolites in alluvial fan deposits, the Copper Harbor Conglomerate, upper Michigan
dc.contributor.author | Elmore, R. Douglas | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-06-01T18:49:40Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-06-01T18:49:40Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1983-12 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | ELMORE, R. DOUGLAS (1983). "Precambrian non-marine stromatolites in alluvial fan deposits, the Copper Harbor Conglomerate, upper Michigan." Sedimentology 30(6): 829-842. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/72022> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0037-0746 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1365-3091 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/72022 | |
dc.description.abstract | Laminated cryptalgal carbonates occur in the Precambrian Copper Harbor Conglomerate of northern Michigan, which was deposited in the Keweenawan Trough, an aborted proto-oceanic rift. This unit is composed of three major facies deposited by braided streams on a large alluvial-fan complex. Coarse clastics were deposited in braided channels, predominantly as longitudinal bars, whereas cross-bedded sandstones were deposited by migrating dunes or linguoid bars. Fine-grained overbank deposits accumulated in abandoned channels. Gypsum moulds and carbonate-filled cracks suggest an arid climate during deposition. Stromatolites interstratified with these clastic facies occur as laterally linked drapes over cobbles, as laterally linked contorted beds in mudstone, as oncolites, and as poorly developed mats in coarse sandstones. Stromatolites also are interbedded with oolitic beds and intraclastic conglomerates. Stromatolitic microstructure consists of alternating detrital and carbonate laminae, and open-space structures. Radial-fibrous calcite fans are superimposed on the laminae. The laminae are interpreted as algal in origin, whereas the origin of the radial fibrous calcite is problematic. The stromatolites are inferred to have grown in lakes which occupied abandoned channels on the fan surface. Standing water on a permeable alluvial fan in an arid climate requires a high water table maintained by high precipitation, or local elevation of the water table, possibly due to the close proximity of a lake. Occurrence of stromatolites in the upper part of the Copper Harbor Conglomerate near the base of the lacustrine Nonesuch Shale suggests that these depositional sites may have been near the Nonesuch Lake. | en_US |
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dc.publisher | Blackwell Publishing Ltd | en_US |
dc.rights | 1983 International Association of Sedimentologists | en_US |
dc.title | Precambrian non-marine stromatolites in alluvial fan deposits, the Copper Harbor Conglomerate, upper Michigan | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Geology and Earth Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, U.S.A. | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/72022/1/j.1365-3091.1983.tb00713.x.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/j.1365-3091.1983.tb00713.x | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Sedimentology | en_US |
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