Paleozoic stratigraphy of two areas in southwestern Indiana. [Pennsylvanian, Mississippian, Devonian, Silurian, and Ordovician]

Technical Report · Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1976

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7327238· OSTI ID:7327238

Droste, J. B.

Two areas recommended for evaluation as solid waste disposal sites lie along the strike of Paleozoic rocks in southwestern Indiana. Thin Pennsylvanian rocks and rocks of the upper Mississippian are at the bedrock surface in maturely dissected uplands in both areas. The gross subsurface stratigraphy beneath both areas is the same, but facies and thickness variation in some of the subsurface Paleozoic units provide for some minor differences between the areas. Thick middle Mississippi carbonates grade downward into clastics of lower Mississippian (Borden Group) and upper Devonian (New Albany Shale) rocks. Middle Devonian and Silurian rocks are dominated by carbonate lithologies. Upper Ordovician (Maquoketa Group) overly carbonates of middle Ordovician age. Thick siltstone and shale of the Borden Group-New Albany Shale zone and Maquoketa Group rocks should be suitable for repository development.

• Research Organization: Indiana Univ., Bloomington (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7327238
• Report Number(s): Y/OWI/SUB-7062/2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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