You are on page 1of 16

CONTINENTAL SYSTEM AND

FACIES

BY:
Syed Junaid Ali Shah
Affan Ahmed Siddiqui
What is facies?
 Facie is character of a rock expressed by its formation,
composition, and fossil content.
 Now there are,
I. Lithofacies
II. Biofacies
III. ichnofacies
Depositional system
 Depositional system is the combination of physical,
chemical and biological processes associated with the
deposition of types of sediments and the rock types that
will be formed after lithification.
 Types of depositional system
I. Continental
II. Transitional
III. Marine
Depositional model:
Continental system
There are four types of continental depositional systems.
 Alluvial
 Aeolian
 Fluvial
 Lacustrine
Alluvial deposits
 It consists of silt, sand, clay, and
gravel, as well as much organic
matter.
 When this loose alluvial material
is deposited or cemented into a
lithological unit, it is called
an alluvial deposit.
 On the basis of depositional
process, alluvial fans can be
divided into
I. Debris flow-dominated fans
II. Stream flow-dominated fans
• Sediments on alluvial fans are typically poorly sorted
and include abundant gravel-size detritus.
Aeolian deposits
 Aeolian process occurs due to turbulent action of wind.
 The Winds may erode, transport and deposit loose fine
grained material from one place to another.
 Aeolian processes mostly occur in arid environments such as
deserts.
 There are many structures and bedforms that are formed.
Such as ripples, sand dunes, and cross-beds.
 three kinds of deposits, dust deposits,sand deposits
lag deposits
 Features like Valleys, canyons, flat regions plains and sand
dunes are formed.
Aeolian Facie model:
Fluvial deposits
 Fluvial processes are associated with rivers and streams and
the deposits landforms created by them.
 It includes the motion of sediment and erosion or deposition
on the river bed.
 There are different channel patterns in fluvial system,
I. Straight river channel
II. Braided river channel
III. Meandering river channel
IV. Anastomosing river channel
Fluvial facie model:
Lacustrine deposits
 Lacustrine deposits is that a river or stream channel has
carried sediment into the basin
 Lacustrine deposits form in all lake types including
rift graben lakes, oxbow lakes glacial lakes, and crater
lakes.
 Lacustrine environments, like seas, are large bodies of
water.
 Lacustrine deposits are typically very well sorted with
highly laminated beds of silts, clays, and occasionally
carbonates.
Lacustrine facie model:
THANK YOU

You might also like