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Load-cast Structures: Their Relationship to Upper-Surface Structures and their Mode of Formation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

G. Kelling  and
E. K. Walton
G. Kelling
Affiliation:
Grant Institute of Geology, Edinburgh
E. K. Walton
Affiliation:
Grant Institute of Geology, Edinburgh
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Abstract

The form and distribution of load-casts suggests a genetic connection with structures previously formed on the upper surface of the underlying bed. On analogy with salt-dome development, the growth of load-casts and associated flame-structures is attributed to the density contrast between upper and lower bands and differential loading caused by the projections and depressions formed by the upper-surface features. This hypothesis is the basis of a new classification of load-cast structures.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 94 , Issue 6 , December 1957 , pp. 481 - 490
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1957

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