Abstract
AbstractSandstone mounds (sensu Bradshaw in Sedimentology 7:149–154, 1966) are sedimentary structures formed by fluid erosion of sands consisting of systems of variously shaped mounds, ridges and gullies preserved on the upper surface of sandstone beds. Sandstone mounds are here reported from the Armorican Quartzite Formation and Marjaliza beds, Extremadura, and the Pochico Formation of Ciudad Real. These are the first reports of this sedimentary structure from the Ordovician of the Central Iberian Zone, southwest Spain, adding to the scarce global record of this sedimentary structure. A literature review reveals no reports of sandstone mounds from rocks younger than the Devonian Period, with the majority coming from Ordovician rocks located on the Gondwanan margin of the Rheic Ocean. It is probable that sandstone mounds exist in younger rocks but secular changes in sediment properties and favourable shelf configuration are alternative explanations for this pattern.
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Universidad de Extremadura
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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