Fig. 1: Examples of macroscopic dissolution structures in outcrop. | Communications Earth & Environment

Fig. 1: Examples of macroscopic dissolution structures in outcrop.

From: Micro-scale dissolution seams mobilise carbon in deep-sea limestones

Fig. 1

a Outcrop of the Kaiwhata limestones with flat-lying beds. White arrows mark large bedding-parallel diagenetic wave-like stylolites. b Close-up cross-sectional view of a horizontal wackestone bed. Dark-grey speckles are detrital grains. The yellow and white arrows mark bedding-internal diagenetic stylolites filled with siltstone. The yellow arrow marks a tell-tale stylolite “tooth”.

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