Paleoecology of the Carboniferous Reef Complex and Shelf Limestones in Northwest Derbyshire, England

Wolfenden, E.

doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1958)69[871:potcrc]2.0.co;2

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“…Cracoean buildups (Wolfenden 1958;Mundy 1994Mundy , 2007 from the Upper Viséan of the British Isles show a similar abundance of sponges as in Jerada. Microbes are essential for framework formation, and bryozoans and corals are incorporated in both regions.…”

Section: Comparisonsmentioning

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Microbial‐sponge and microbial‐metazoan buildups in the Late Viséan basin‐fill sequence of the Jerada Massif (Carboniferous, NE Morocco)

Aretz¹,

Herbig²

2008

Geological Journal

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Three distinctive Late Viséan buildup intervals are differentiated on the southern limb of the Jerada Synclinorium. The oldest buildups (BI-1) are preserved as olistoliths in the Oued El Koriche Formation (Fm). They were located on a southern platform prior to reworking. The younger Koudiat Es-Senn Fm contains two autochthonous buildup intervals (BI-2 to BI-3). BI-1 and BI-2 buildups are large microbial-sponge buildups, BI-3 are small microbial-metazoan buildups in the capping bed succession above BI-2. All buildups are characterized by a rigid non-skeletal microbial framework. Growth of the largest BI-2 buildups started in aphotic to dysphotic conditions in a water depth significantly less than 100 m and continued into agitated shallow-water. Smaller BI-2 buildups and all BI-3 buildups are encased in grainy shallow-water carbonates. In contrast to a mostly homogeneous microbial-sponge facies below, the uppermost part of the BI-2 buildups and all BI-3 buildups consist of heterogeneous boundstones with differing frame builders. BI-1 to BI-3 buildups represent different stages within a Viséan basin-fill sequence. Carbonate sedimentation ended with the deposition of peritidal oncolitic floatstones below the unconformably overlying Namurian shales. The Jerada buildups have many features commonly associated with 'reefs'. Comparison with contemporaneous buildups shows considerable similarities to buildups from Algeria, the Eastern Moroccan Anti-Atlas and the British Isles.

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Microbial‐sponge and microbial‐metazoan buildups in the Late Viséan basin‐fill sequence of the Jerada Massif (Carboniferous, NE Morocco)

Aretz¹,

Herbig²

2008

Geological Journal

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“…Shirley and Horsfield (1940) were the first to postulate that the dips of up to 45 degrees on Treak Cliff were depositional, in order to satisfy their interpretation of the limestones as a " submarine scree ". A similar view was taken by Bond (1950a and b) when he described the limestones as an " apron reef ", and by Ford (1952) and Wolfenden (1958) when they described the relationships between the " fore-reef" and the limestones of the massif. Parkinson in various papers (1943Parkinson in various papers ( , 1947Parkinson in various papers ( , 1953Parkinson in various papers ( , 1957 assumed that the dip of the " fore-reef " limestone was partly depositional, partly tectonic.…”

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Sedimentary Infillings of Fossils and Cavities in Limestone at Treak Cliff, Derbyshire

Broadhurst

Simpson

1967

Geol. Mag.

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Observations of partial and complete sedimentary infillings of fossils and rock cavities at two localities on Treak Cliff, Castleton, Derbyshire, lead to the conclusion that at these localities the present dip of the limestones is largely or entirely depositional in origin. This conclusion agrees, more or less, with claims made in previous publications but, so far as the authors are aware, this is the first time that direct evidence of high initial dips at Treak Cliff has been recorded. PARTIAL and complete sedimentary infillings of fossils and rock cavities are common in the limestones at Treak Cliff (National Grid Reference SK 135832), 1-5 km west of Castleton, Derbyshire. Such infillings have been described and figured by Shrock (1948) and the partial sedimentary infillings have been described as " geopetal" (earthseeking) by Sander (1936). In many cases at Treak Cliff sedimentary infillings occur in isolation and conclusions concerning them are difficult to reach, but at two localities associations of several sedimentary infillings occur and these occurrences will be described in detail.At the cliff exposure approximately 290 metres N, 37 degrees W of the entrance to Treak Cliff Cavern (SK 13408337), well bedded limestone dipping at approximately 35 degrees towards the north-east is exposed. This is locality 6 of Parkinson 1953, fig. 2. The stratification of the limestone is conspicuous on account of differences in the limestone lithology (crinoidal, crinoidal and shelly, and shelly limestones) and in this respect this exposure differs from many others on Treak Cliff where the discrimination between bedding and jointing is frequently difficult. Fifteen fossils partially infilled with calcareous sediment (the upper part of the cavities is occupied by sparry calcite) and two cavities in the limestone completely infilled with calcareous sediment are visible. Although the bedding and the top surfaces of the sedimentary infillings must have been horizontal initially most of them are now observed (as apparent dips) to lie at an angle not only to the horizontal but also to the plane of the bedding in the limestone. Text- fig. 1 gives the details in diagrammatic form.Because the bedding of the limestone at this locality is regular and undisturbed it follows that the observed variation in the degree of inclination of the upper surfaces of the infillings in the fossils must result from rotation of the fossils after burial, possibly during

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“…It does not seem to be particularly adapted to a reef environment, lying anchored in the mud with its spines. Table 3, which is continued after Table 4, Martínez Chacón, 1979, 1990Martínez Chacón and Winkler Prins, 1986, 2006Carter and Poletaev, 1998;Wolfenden, 1958;Brunton, 1984Brunton, , 1987Brunton and Tilsley, 1991. ) Brachythyris sp.…”

Section: Discussion Of the Brachiopod Faunas From The Cantabrian Mounmentioning

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“…However, it appears obvious that no true coral reefs were present. The carbonate platform of the Valdeteja Formation formed an external rim around a basin, where the mud sedimentation did not keep up with subsidence, a situation comparable to the Viséan reefs in Derbyshire (Wolfenden, 1958). The Valdeteja Formation is of Bashkirian age ranging locally into the earliest Moscovian (Villa et al, 2001).…”

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“…As an example of Viséan reefs from Northwest Europe the Craven reef belt of North Yorkshire (Table 2) is chosen for comparison, since the brachiopod faunas are well known through the summary by Wolfenden (1958) and the work of Brunton and others (e.g., Brunton and Mundy, 1988;Brunton and Tilsley, 1991;. Data from Ireland (Brunton, 1966(Brunton, , 1968(Brunton, , 1984(Brunton, , 1987Harper and Jeffrey, 1996) only marginally modify the picture.…”

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The Role of Spain in the Development of the Reef Brachiopod Faunas During the Carboniferous

Prins

2007

Biogeography, Time, and Place: Distributions, Barriers, and Islands

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Paleoecology of the Carboniferous Reef Complex and Shelf Limestones in Northwest Derbyshire, England

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Microbial‐sponge and microbial‐metazoan buildups in the Late Viséan basin‐fill sequence of the Jerada Massif (Carboniferous, NE Morocco)

Microbial‐sponge and microbial‐metazoan buildups in the Late Viséan basin‐fill sequence of the Jerada Massif (Carboniferous, NE Morocco)

Sedimentary Infillings of Fossils and Cavities in Limestone at Treak Cliff, Derbyshire

The Role of Spain in the Development of the Reef Brachiopod Faunas During the Carboniferous

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