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LATE ORDOVICIAN SEISMITES OF KENTUCKY AND OHIO: A SEDIMENTOLOGICAL AND SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC APPROACH

MCLAUGHLIN, PATRICK IAN
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1028144697

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2002, MS, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences : Geology.
Several intervals of soft sediment deformation are present within the Upper Ordovician strata of Kentucky and Ohio. The following two chapters describe features of these deformed beds. The first chapter describes, in detail, deformed beds present within predominantly late Shermanian age strata. This first chapter not only describes the sedimentary structures associated with these deformed intervals, but also discusses their aerial and stratigraphic distribution, required sedimentary architecture, and triggering mechanisms that may have generated the deformation. Hypotheses generated in the first chapter proposes that there exist two classes of deformational features each related to lithology and sedimentary architecture, and that the stratigraphic distribution of these two classes is predictable within a depositional sequence. The final chapter of this study provides a test of the generality of these hypotheses using the record from eight depositional sequences ranging from the lower Lexington Limestone (Chatfieldian) to Fairview Formation (Maysvillian). The distribution of deformed beds during this time interval (~12 million years) yields insight into the tectonic evolution of eastern Laurentia during the Taconic Orogeny.
Dr. Carlton Brett (Advisor)
234 p.
Geology
Seismite; Late Ordovician; Kentucky; sequence stratigraphy; Point Pleasant Formation

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  • MCLAUGHLIN, P. I. (2002). LATE ORDOVICIAN SEISMITES OF KENTUCKY AND OHIO: A SEDIMENTOLOGICAL AND SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC APPROACH [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1028144697

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • MCLAUGHLIN, PATRICK. LATE ORDOVICIAN SEISMITES OF KENTUCKY AND OHIO: A SEDIMENTOLOGICAL AND SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC APPROACH. 2002. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1028144697.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • MCLAUGHLIN, PATRICK. "LATE ORDOVICIAN SEISMITES OF KENTUCKY AND OHIO: A SEDIMENTOLOGICAL AND SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC APPROACH." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1028144697

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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