GRD02GPS0

W77-239

Diagenetic Features

Mesozoic › Cretaceous › Early Cretaceous › Aptian
112.0 - 125.0

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Camp Elliott

radiolarians

Grey cherty limestone with radiolarians and dolomite rhombs. Billet. Original label: Cherty limestone, Calera.

Ophiolite and Melange sequence

Point Sal, Atascadero- Cayucos

California
Point Sal

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scan

crossed

GRD02GPT0: Cherty limestone with ghosts of radiolarians; layer of chert with large, well-formed dolomite rhombs. (R. Norris)

N/A

Tarduno_Nature_1985
Tarduno, J.A., McWilliams, M., Debiche, M.G., Sliter, W.V., Blake, M.C., 1985, Franciscan Complex Calera limestones: accreted remnants of Farallon Plate oceanic plateaus: Letters to Nature, v. 317, p. 345-347.