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Succession SA4: Plio-Pleistocene—“The Shaved Shelf” ~10.4 Ma–5.2 Ka

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Prolonged, passive margin deposition was interrupted in the late Miocene by tectonic uplift. The early Pliocene was a short period of warmth and siliciclastic-carbonate marginal marine, lacustrine, and estuarine sedimentation, with deposits especially rich in mollusks. Tectonics, however, led to minor shelf accommodation such that any sediment that accumulated was either swept landward or seaward, resulting in little long-term accumulation on the shelf proper. The sedimentary record was instead one of spectacular Pleistocene marginal marine aeolianite complexes and a massive slope accretionary wedge.

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James, N.P., Bone, Y. (2021). Succession SA4: Plio-Pleistocene—“The Shaved Shelf” ~10.4 Ma–5.2 Ka. In: Biogenic Sedimentary Rocks in a Cold, Cenozoic Ocean. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63982-2_5

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