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Walther'slaw1 CONSTRUCTWalther's lawMIDDLETON · SEDIMENTOLOGY

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Sedimentology

principle that facies found stacked conformably in vertical succession were deposited side by side in laterally adjacent environments.

In sedimentology, Walther's law refers to principle that facies found stacked conformably in vertical succession were deposited side by side in laterally adjacent environments. This meaning comes from Middleton (1973) in Geological Society of America Bulletin.[1]

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References

  1. Middleton, G. V. (1973). Johannes Walther's Law of the Correlation of Facies. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 84(3), 979. https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1973)84<979:jwlotc>2.0.co;2

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