Minor sedimentary structures in a prograding distributary

A cretaceous ‐ early tertiary Macrotidal estuarine‐fluvial succession: Puponga coal measures in Whanganui inlet, onshore Pakawau sub‐basin, Northwest Nelson, New Zealand

“…Structures and textures of the sandstones are compatible with an interpretation of deposition in crevasse channels and splays into interdistributary bays (e.g., Coleman et al 1964;Coleman & Prior 1982). Most of lithofacies Sw is interpreted to be crevasse channel, splay deposits, and possibly splay-mouth bars intercalated with bay suspension deposits (M).…”

A highstand shelf-margin delta system from the Eocene of West Spitsbergen, Norway

“…The erosional bases and general fining-upward tendency of the individual sandstone bodies high in units 17A and C, with abundant cross-strata, and association with underlying delta-front facies (see Section 5.1.2 below), suggest distributary channels (Bhattacharya and Walker, 1991;Coleman et al, 1964). At some locations, especially towards the east of Storvola, an abundance of westwardoriented paleocurrents in the distributary channels, and the presence of subordinate southeastward-oriented cross-strata, suggest that there was some tidal influence in the channels (Dalrymple and Choi, 2007).…”

Eaglebine play of the southwestern East Texas basin: Stratigraphic and depositional framework of the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian—Turonian) Woodbine and Eagle Ford Groups

“…The sandstone-dominated middle section consists of splay-channel deposits indicating maximum depositional energy within the splay complex. Such crevasse-channel-fill sediments commonly comprise unidirectional trough crossbeds or planar-stratified beds indicating high-energy deposition from flood currents (Coleman et al, 1964). The upper heterolithic section of the core is composed of upper-splay and crevasse-platform facies that were deposited over the splay-channel complex.…”