Abstract
ABSTRACTPolished slabs and thin sections of lower Silurian graptolitic mudstones and interbedded barren mudstones show three main lithologies are present (a) unfossili‐ferous green mudstones, sometimes with indistinct silt laminae, (b) a similar black pyritic lithology, with rare graptolites, (c) striped mudstones, with prominent carbonaceous and silt laminae, and common graptolites. The abundance of silt laminae suggests that the striped mudstone facies represents the highest energy depositional conditions. Comparison of sedimentary structures with modern deep sea muds suggests this facies is distal turbidite. Graptolite preservation was favoured by rapid burial.
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