Title: Depositional Model for the Mississippian-Pennsylvanian Boundary in Northeastern Kentucky
Abstract: The description and classification of Carboniferous rocks in northeastern Kentucky, as in other areas on the cratonic interior of North America, are based primarily on the “layer-cake” model developed by William Smith early in the 19th century. Application of this model in mapping Carboniferous strata in northeastern Kentucky has encountered increasing difficulties until new roadcuts produced by Interstate Highway 64 have provided necessary data for creating a more viable model. This new model, based on precisely determined characteristics of the rocks and analogies to Holocene depositional environments, shows (1) that Mississippian Newman limestones reflect deposits consisting of offshore carbonate islands...
Publication Year: 1974
Publication Date: 1974-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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