Susan Marriott
Investigating paleosol completeness and preservation in mid-Paleozoic alluvial paleosols: A case study in paleosol taphonomy from the Lower Old Red Sandstone
Marriott, Susan; Wright, V. Paul
Authors
V. Paul Wright
Contributors
A. Alonso-Zarza
Editor
L. Tanner
Editor
Abstract
Preservational bias in paleosol formation is rarely discussed and remains a major issue in paleopedology. The relatively simple paleosol profiles of the Silurian-Devonian Old Red Sandstone alluvial successions of southwest Wales provide an opportunity to investigate the completeness of a widespread type of calcic Vertisol. Reactivated, truncated cumulate horizons provide means of assessing the dynamics of floodplain erosion and accumulation. While these distinctive profiles are not especially common, effects of low-magnitude erosion events were probably masked, affecting only the topmost part of the upper soil horizon. In the absence of a stabilizing rooted vascular plant cover in pre-mid-Paleozoic sediments, such mobile upper soil horizons were likely a common feature. © 2006 Geological Society of America.
Citation
Marriott, S., & Wright, V. P. (2006). Investigating paleosol completeness and preservation in mid-Paleozoic alluvial paleosols: A case study in paleosol taphonomy from the Lower Old Red Sandstone. Special Papers, 416, 43-52. https://doi.org/10.1130/2006.2416%2803%29
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Jan 1, 2006 |
Journal | Special Paper of the Geological Society of America |
Print ISSN | 0072-1077 |
Publisher | Geological Society of America |
Peer Reviewed | Not Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 416 |
Pages | 43-52 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1130/2006.2416%2803%29 |
Keywords | floodplain development, soil development, red sandstone |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1042595 |
Publisher URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/2006.2416(03) |
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