Characteristics, distribution, and origin of ferruginous deposits within the Late Ordovician glaciogenic setting of Arabia.

ABSTRACT: Ferruginous deposits are iron-rich sediments or sedimentary rocks found in various sizes, shapes, and compositions within sedimentary strata in different depositional settings. This study investigates the characteristics, distribution, and origin of ferruginous deposits found in the Late Ordovician glaciogenic Sarah Formation and surrounding deposits in central Saudi Arabia. Several types of ferruginous deposits have been identified through field observations and laboratory investigations, including thin-section petrography, geochemical, surface, and bulk mineralogical analyses, and computed tomography scans. The identified ferruginous deposits include solid and rinded concretions, pipes, layers, ferricretes, liesegang bands, and fracture infills. They were associated with the periglacial

SUBMITTER: Alqubalee A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10611803 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature