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Look up lithofacies in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lithofacies may refer to: A mappable subdivision of a designated stratigraphic unit, distinguished

Cope; P. F. Rawson (1999). "Quaternary". Atlas of Palaeogeography and Lithofacies. Geological Society of London. p. 150. ISBN 978-1-86239-055-3. Archived

producing today. A description of the lithofacies of the Ozona sequence: The Ozona is composed of 4 main lithofacies: thick-bedded turbidites, thin-bedded

Stratigraphic mapping: pinpointing the locations of sedimentary facies (lithofacies and biofacies) or the mapping of isopachs of equal thickness of sedimentary

Archived from the original on 13 January 2012. Johnson, E.A. (1999). Lithofacies, depositional environments, and regional stratigraphy of the lower Eocene

by mud-halite and halite on top. The mud lithofacies consists of thick detrital mud, and the halite lithofacies is defined by giant hopper shaped crystals

different and incompatible. There must be an absence of intermediate lithofacies that could link the strata. The concept of tectonostratigraphic terrane

for being the first to realize that seismic reflections do not follow lithofacies boundaries but instead follow geologic time lines. This concept gave

for shallow marine facies. Facies determined by lithology are called lithofacies; facies determined by fossils are biofacies. Sedimentary environments

the area. The Upper Greensand is of Albian age. It represents a sandy lithofacies deposited in areas of stronger currents than the Gault Clay. Like the