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Fig. 15.10.
Schematic distribution of common microfacies types of lacustrine freshwater limestones.
Based on Clausing
(1990) and supplemented after Stapf (1989), Arp (1995), Schweigert (1996) and other sources (see Box 15.2). Dark bars
indicate main distributions.
Arp, G. (1995): Lacustrine bioherms, spring mounds, and
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, 35-90
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Clausing, A. (1990): Mikrofazies lakustriner Karbonat-
horizonte des Saar-Nahe-Beckens (Unterperm, Rot-
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23
, 121-140
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50
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Monty, Cl., Mas, J.R. (1981): Lower Cretaceous (Wealden)
matrix and of carbonate cements offer a possibility for
recognizing pedogenic overprinting associated with
subaerial exposure of ephemeral lake deposits (Platt
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Common
microfacies types
are
• mudstone with detrital quartz floating within a mi-
crite carbonate matrix; some quartz grains may be sur-
rounded by calcitic aureoles;
• nodular dolomitic mudstone with irregular tube-like
millimeter-sized voids, sometimes filled with sediment
or quartz grains; common on top of lacustrine lime-
stones;
• mudstone with micritic nodules and voids, curved
planes surrounding nodules.
Basics: Lacustrine and palustrine carbonates
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