Chris White · @Ceedave
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A small #outcrop of the #Squantum Member of the #Roxbury #Conglomerate
These #rocks are in the #BostonBay Group, which is currently dated to #Neoproterozoic. The Squantum Member was interpreted as a #tillite, possibly associated with the #Gaskiers #glaciation, although there a scant signs like scratched pebbles or faceted cobbles. It is currently commonly interpreted as a #debrite (debris flow). Details in captions.
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#outcrop #squantum #roxbury #conglomerate #rocks #bostonbay #Neoproterozoic #tillite #gaskiers #glaciation #debrite #geology #Glacier #turbidite #quincy #boston #massachusetts #newengland
Chris White · @Ceedave
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Anomalous pebble in layered #sedimentary #rock
An angular pebble is conformably surrounded by argillaceous and sandy layers in this #photograph of the #Neoproterozoic #Squantum Member of the #Roxbury Conglomerate. The wide range of clast sizes led to an interpretation as a #glacial #tillite thru the 1970s, but the Squantum Member is now mostly interpreted as a #debrisFlow (#debrite or #turbidite). My #photo.
#sedimentary #rock #photograph #Neoproterozoic #squantum #roxbury #glacial #tillite #debrisflow #debrite #turbidite #photo #boston #fieldtrip #umassboston
Chris White · @Ceedave
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Deformed bedding in meta#sedimentary #rocks
The horizontal bedding of the #Squantum Member of the #Roxbury Conglomerate (#Neoproterozoic, #Boston Bay Group) has been disturbed locally.
In the #glacial #tillite interpretation of the Squantum (favored through at least the 1970s), the distortion might be caused by glaciotectonic drag at the ice base. The current interpretation as a #debrite or #turbidite would probably attribute the deformations to synsedimentary slumping. My #photo. #fieldTrip
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Chris White · @Ceedave
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The #glacier went that-a-way
The #striations on this face of the #Ediacaran (ca. 560 Ma) #Squantum Member of the #Roxbury #Conglomerate were probably left by the #Pleistocene #Laurentide ice sheet, which retreated ca. 12 ka. The striations have the right orientation, from northwest to southeast.
The Squantum Member was once interpreted as a (#glacial) #tillite. The most common contemporary model is a peri-#Gondwana #debrite (#turbidite).
#Glacier #striations #ediacaran #squantum #roxbury #conglomerate #Pleistocene #laurentide #glacial #tillite #gondwana #debrite #turbidite #photo #boston #geology #newengland #fieldtrip