Cyclic sedimentation in the mixed siliciclastic-carbonate …
Tidal-flat facies consist of 1) ripple-laminated sandstone, which was deposited on intertidal sandflats near mean low tide, 2) mixed sandstone-shale, which was deposited on an intertidal flat shoreward of the ripple-laminated sandstone facies, and 3) nodular shale, which is characterized by pedogenic calcareous nodules and was deposited in a ...