Title: Structural and depositional history of the Pennsylvanian System in Illinois
Abstract: Structures active during the Pennsylvanian Period and paleoenvironments in which Pennsylvanian strata were formed strongly influenced the character and location of coal resources in the Illinois Basin. Sediment filling the basin probably originated in the Canadian Shield and perhaps the highlands of the northern Appalachians. Major river systems transported this sediment to the Illinois Basin, where it was deposited in fluvial and deltaic paleoenvironments on a broad coastal plain and adjacent shallow shelf. Loci of deposition were controlled by the La Salle Anticlinal Belt on the east and the Du Quoin Monocline and the Louden and Salem Anticlines on the...
Publication Year: 1986
Publication Date: 1986-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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