Ediacaran-Cambrian paleosols of Nevada and California
Fig 5
Oriented thin sections cut vertical to bedding: A, intertextic mosepic plasmic fabric in Bw horizon of Hebinga loam paleosol, Stirling Quartzite, near Donna Loy Mine (45 m in Fig 3A); B, surface cracking and oxidation, A horizon of Bui silty clay loam, Carrara Formation, in Emigrant Pass (72 m in Fig 3B); C, ferruginized dolostone clasts faceted on top, A horizon of Duhubite loam paleosol, Upper Member of Wood Canyon Formation, near Donna Loy Mine (79 m in Fig 3A); D, shell fragments in A horizon of Pakuitah silt loam paleosol, Chambless Limestone near Cadiz (42 m in Fig 3C); E, graded bedding within varves and soft sediment deformation preserved in C horizon of Wookki silty clay loam paleosol, Carrara Formation, in Emigrant Pass (71 m in Fig 3B); F, syntaxial quartz overgrowth cement on dusty rim of original grain, A horizon of Naatanga loam paleosol, Wood Canyon Formation, near Donna Loy Mine (99 m in Fig 3A);G, silt sized, subrounded rhombs of dolomite, A horizon of Duhubite loam paleosol.
Wood Canyon Formation, near Donna Loy Mine (79 m in Fig 3A). Specimens in the Museum of Natural and Cultural History, University of Oregon, Eugene are A, R5354; B, R5832; C, R5852; D, R5816; E, R5844; F, R5356; G, R5852.