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Title: $Catahoula Formation of Western Louisiana and Thin-section Criteria for Fluviatile Depositional Environment
Abstract: Other| March 01, 1968 Catahoula Formation of western Louisiana and thin-section criteria for fluviatile depositional environment William R. Paine; William R. Paine Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar A. A. Meyerhoff A. A. Meyerhoff Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information William R. Paine A. A. Meyerhoff Publisher: SEPM Society for Sedimentary Geology First Online: 03 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1938-3681 Print ISSN: 1527-1404 GeoRef, Copyright 2008, American Geological Institute. Reference includes data from Bibliography and Index of North American Geology, U. S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, United States Journal of Sedimentary Research (1968) 38 (1): 92–113. https://doi.org/10.1306/74D718E8-2B21-11D7-8648000102C1865D Article history First Online: 03 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation William R. Paine, A. A. Meyerhoff; Catahoula Formation of western Louisiana and thin-section criteria for fluviatile depositional environment. Journal of Sedimentary Research 1968;; 38 (1): 92–113. doi: https://doi.org/10.1306/74D718E8-2B21-11D7-8648000102C1865D Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyJournal of Sedimentary Research Search Advanced Search Abstract The formation, of late Oligocene(?)-early Miocene(?) age, is a fluviatile-lacustrine unit which at depth contains hydrocarbons. Criteria recognized in thin section which identify the formation as fluviatile nonmarine are: textural immaturity, poorly sorted quartz grains, bimodal particle-size distributions, low grain roundness and sphericity, moderately abundant flat-grain alignments, absence of unabraided marine fossils, presence of wood, leaves, bone fragments and fresh-water mollusks, scarcity of glauconite, absence of authigenic primary and secondary cements or grains of calcite, dolomite, or siderite. Volcanic detritus is the major component of the formation. Quartz, chert, and heavy minerals derived from metamorphic, plutonic and sedimentary terranes form the remainder. Data on feldspars, matrices and diagenesis are incomplete. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.