Reply to the Discussion by Schieber on “Mud dispersal across a Cretaceous prodelta: Storm‐generated, wave‐enhanced sediment gravity flows inferred from mudstone microtexture and microfacies” by Plint (), Sedimentology 61, 609–647

Abstract

The points raised by Dr. Schieber are most efficiently addressed through a joint Reply from both Plint and Cheadle, who are currently working on Cretaceous mudrocks in the Canadian portion of the Western Interior Seaway. Before making our reply, both Plint and Cheadle, as relative neophytes in the world of mudrock sedimentology, are pleased to acknowledge the guidance and inspiration provided by the numerous, groundbreaking, publications of Juergen Schieber. We hope that our research on Canadian mudrocks can also make some modest contribution to the exciting, tantalizing and sometimes frustrating field of mudrock sedimentology. We thank Dr Schieber for the interest he has taken in the paper by Plint (2014) concerning prodelta mudstone in the Cretaceous Dunvegan Formation. Below, we comment briefly on the main points raised in Schieber’s Discussion.