170
SOUTHWEST
''' '
Architectural Elements of the Overbank Environment
' ' ' ' "
1111 1\1 11 1 COAL AND CARBONACEOUS SHALE � LIMESTONE
D SANDSTONE (CHANNEL)
•
MOLLUSK FOSSILS
0 SANDSTONE (CREVASSE)
Xv'A CLINKER
f-�C!C -1 SILTSTONE AND SHALE
STRATIGRAPHIC SECTION
NORTHEAST
!OOFT
T
JOM
1
l___l,KM
O
2MI
'
'
Fig. 7.2. Stratigraphic cross section showing the architecture of a fluvial depositional system made up of isolated
and multistory channel sandstones and thick overbank
deposits. The latter include overbank fines, crevasse sandstones, and coaL Paleocene, Wyoming-Montana. (Flores
1981)
cs
LV
CH, LA
CS +CR
lake deposits
p
LV
Fig. 7.3. Stratigraphic model of the architectural elements within the Lower
Freshwater Molasse (Miocene) of Switzerland, showing the thickness of the
major sandstone units. Element codes (in
capital letters) are those given in Tables
4.3 and 7.1. Oblique lines are faults.
(Modified from Platt and Keller 1992)
SOUTHWEST
''' '
Architectural Elements of the Overbank Environment
' ' ' ' "
1111 1\1 11 1 COAL AND CARBONACEOUS SHALE � LIMESTONE
D SANDSTONE (CHANNEL)
•
MOLLUSK FOSSILS
0 SANDSTONE (CREVASSE)
Xv'A CLINKER
f-�C!C -1 SILTSTONE AND SHALE
STRATIGRAPHIC SECTION
NORTHEAST
!OOFT
T
JOM
1
l___l,KM
O
2MI
'
'
Fig. 7.2. Stratigraphic cross section showing the architecture of a fluvial depositional system made up of isolated
and multistory channel sandstones and thick overbank
deposits. The latter include overbank fines, crevasse sandstones, and coaL Paleocene, Wyoming-Montana. (Flores
1981)
cs
LV
CH, LA
CS +CR
lake deposits
p
LV
Fig. 7.3. Stratigraphic model of the architectural elements within the Lower
Freshwater Molasse (Miocene) of Switzerland, showing the thickness of the
major sandstone units. Element codes (in
capital letters) are those given in Tables
4.3 and 7.1. Oblique lines are faults.
(Modified from Platt and Keller 1992)