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Leslie Cemetery and Francisco distributary fluvial channels in the Petersburg Formation (Pennsylvanian) of Gibson County, Indiana, USA

Abstract

The Leslie Cemetery Channel is a small distributary fluvial channel that is partly contemporaneous with the Springfield Coal member of the Petersburg Formation (Pennsylvanian) and splits the seam into two seams. This channel is 1-6 miles (1.6-10 km) wide and extends 30 miles (48 km) in the subsurface. Overbank and channel fill deposits consisting of sandstone, siltstone, and mudstone split the coal into two seams up to 40-50 ft (12-15 m) apart in places. The lower seam is a low-sulphur coal. Adjacent to this channel is the unsplit coal, which is as much as 9 ft (3 m) thick. Beneath the Leslie Cemetery Channel and the Springfield coal is the slightly older Francisco Channel (new name), which is younger than the next lower coal. This channel is filled with a fining-upward sandstone as much as 75 ft (23 m) thick. The positions of these stacked channels were determined by the differential compaction of earlier sediments. 20 references.
Authors:
Publication Date:
Jan 01, 1984
Product Type:
Journal Article
Reference Number:
EDB-85-170301
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Spec. Publ. Int. Assoc. Sedimentol.; (United Kingdom); Journal Volume: 7
Subject:
01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT; COAL DEPOSITS; STRATIGRAPHY; INDIANA; COAL SEAMS; GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES; GEOLOGY; PENNSYLVANIAN PERIOD; SANDSTONES; SEDIMENTATION; SILTSTONES; SULFUR CONTENT; FEDERAL REGION V; GEOLOGIC AGES; GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS; MINERAL RESOURCES; NORTH AMERICA; PALEOZOIC ERA; RESOURCES; ROCKS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; USA; 011000* - Coal, Lignite, & Peat- Reserves, Geology, & Exploration
OSTI ID:
5167095
Country of Origin:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Submitting Site:
HEDB
Size:
Pages: 309-315
Announcement Date:
Oct 01, 1985

Citation Formats

Eggert, D L. Leslie Cemetery and Francisco distributary fluvial channels in the Petersburg Formation (Pennsylvanian) of Gibson County, Indiana, USA. United Kingdom: N. p., 1984. Web.
Eggert, D L. Leslie Cemetery and Francisco distributary fluvial channels in the Petersburg Formation (Pennsylvanian) of Gibson County, Indiana, USA. United Kingdom.
Eggert, D L. 1984. "Leslie Cemetery and Francisco distributary fluvial channels in the Petersburg Formation (Pennsylvanian) of Gibson County, Indiana, USA." United Kingdom.
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author = {Eggert, D L}
abstractNote = {The Leslie Cemetery Channel is a small distributary fluvial channel that is partly contemporaneous with the Springfield Coal member of the Petersburg Formation (Pennsylvanian) and splits the seam into two seams. This channel is 1-6 miles (1.6-10 km) wide and extends 30 miles (48 km) in the subsurface. Overbank and channel fill deposits consisting of sandstone, siltstone, and mudstone split the coal into two seams up to 40-50 ft (12-15 m) apart in places. The lower seam is a low-sulphur coal. Adjacent to this channel is the unsplit coal, which is as much as 9 ft (3 m) thick. Beneath the Leslie Cemetery Channel and the Springfield coal is the slightly older Francisco Channel (new name), which is younger than the next lower coal. This channel is filled with a fining-upward sandstone as much as 75 ft (23 m) thick. The positions of these stacked channels were determined by the differential compaction of earlier sediments. 20 references.}
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volume = {7}
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year = {1984}
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