Disrupted coal and carbonate facies within two Pennsylvanian cyclothems, southern Illinois basin, United States

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1231-1248

  De Wet, Carol B ^a   Moshier, Stephen O ^b   Hower, James C ^c   De Wet, Andrew P ^a   Brennan, Sean T ^d   Helfrich, Charles T ^e   Raymond, Anne L ^f  

^a FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WHEATON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^e EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; DEPOSITION; LIME; LIMESTONE; PEAT;

ALKALINE CARBONATES; DIFFERENTIAL COMPACTION; EARLY DIAGENESIS; ENERGY CONDITION; INTERACTIVE PROCESS; MARINE TRANSGRESSION; OVERLYING STRATA; SEDIMENT DEFORMATION;

COAL;

CALCRETE; CARBONATE SYSTEM; COAL SEAM; COMPACTION; CYCLOTHEM; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PEAT; PENNSYLVANIAN; TRANSGRESSION; CARBONATE; COAL; CYCLOTHEMS;

ILLINOIS BASIN; UNITED STATES; USA;

EID: 0031402584     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<1231:DCACFW>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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