Preview presentation on the Panther Tongue of the Star Point Sandstone in Gentile Wash for a professional field course titled: THE BOOK CLIFFS: A CASE STUDY IN COASTAL SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY, offered annually through W.W. LITTLE GEOLOGICAL CONSULTING (also offered by SCA). See details at: HTTP://LITTLEWW.WORDPRESS.COM.

1. William W. Little
Gentile Wash: Panther Tongue
(FSST - River-dominated delta)
© 2015 by W.W. Little Geological Consulting, LLCDSC06990 Photo by W. W. Little

2. River-dominated Deltaic Facies Model
From SEPM Strata (sepmstrata.org) From SEPM Strata (sepmstrata.org)

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Panther Tongue Member

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5. Thinly Interbedded SS & MS Facies
Association (delta front)
Photo by W. W. Little

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Bouma Sequence (delta-front turbidites)
Erosive base (flute & load casts) -> structureless ss -> horizontially-
laminated ss -> ripple (often climing)-laminated ss -> horizontally-
laminated ms. Burowing common through ss. Photo by W. W. Little

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Flute Casts
Photo by W. W. Little

8. Tool Marks
Photo by W. W. Little

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Load Casts
Photo by W. W. Little

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Structureless ss and Contorted Bedding
Photo by W. W. Little

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Climbing Ripples
Photo by W. W. Little

12. Ophiomorpha
Photos by W. W. Little

13. Medium- to thickly-bedded SS Facies
Association (distributary-mouths)
Photo by W. W. Little

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Horizontally-laminated SS
Photo by W. W. Little

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Trough Cross-laminated SS
Photo by W. W. Little

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Lag Deposit (flooding surface)
Photo by W. W. Little

17. Basinward-dipping Clinoforms
Photo by W. W. Little

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