Stratigraphic analysis of Pennsylvania rocks using hierarchy of transgressive-regressive units
Thesis/Dissertation
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OSTI ID:6061248
Pennsylvanian stratigraphic sequences is described, interpreted, and correlated using a hierarchy of six scales of allocyclic, time-stratigraphic, transgressive-regressive units (abbreviated T-R units are inferred to be the net result of deposition during eustatic cycles of sea level change. The T-R units can be correlated across both marine and nonmarine facies in the Appalachian Basin. This permits differentiation of allocyclic T-R units from autocyclic T-R units or fluvial autocyclic units. The precise correlations also provide a time-stratigraphic framework for very accurate paleogeographic reconstructions. Paleogeographic maps were constructed for successive fifth-order marine events of the Glenshaw Formation (Upper Pennsylvanian) of the Northern Appalachian Basin. The hierarchal T-R unit approach is useful for understanding and predicting the location of marine units, claystones, various types of stratigraphic breaks, and economic mineral deposits.
- Research Organization:
- Pittsburgh Univ., PA (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6061248
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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580100* -- Geology & Hydrology-- (-1989)
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
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ENERGY SOURCES
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GEOLOGIC FAULTS
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GEOLOGIC STRATA
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LEVELS
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GEOLOGIC AGES
GEOLOGIC FAULTS
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PENNSYLVANIAN PERIOD
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