Depositional Environment of the Devonian Quartz Sandstones in the Bāle Sand Pits
2013
Daiga Blāķe, Kristīne Tovmasjana, Ģirts Stinkulis

This paper summarises data about the depositional environment of Devonian quartz sandstones in Latvia and discusses new fieldwork data from Bāle 1 and Bāle 2 sand pits. The commercial bed in these sand pits is composed of fine to gravel size grained white and pale gray sandstones with mud clasts and quartz pebbles in places. Studies in Bāle sand pit sectors 1 and 2 suggest the deposition of sediments in details channel and sand bars, with the scarce influence of tidal processes on sedimentation.


Keywords
Sietiņi Formation, Latvia, deltaic sedimentary environment
DOI
10.7250/msac.2013.014

Blāķe, D., Tovmasjana, K., Stinkulis, Ģ. Depositional Environment of the Devonian Quartz Sandstones in the Bāle Sand Pits. Materials Sciences and Applied Chemistry. Vol.29, 2013, pp.14-20. ISSN 1407-7353. e-ISSN 2255-8713. Available from: doi:10.7250/msac.2013.014

Publication language
English (en)
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