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GEOLOGY of the ROANOKE and STEWARTSVILLE QUADRANGLES, VIRGINIA by Mervin J
VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 34 GEOLOGY OF THE ROANOKE AND STEWARTSVI LLE OUADRANG LES, VI RG I N IA Mervin J. Bartholomew COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES Robert C. Milici, Commissioner of Mineral Resources and State Geologist CHARLOTTESVI LLE, VIRGI NIA 1 981 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 34 GEOLOGY OF THE ROANOKE AND STEWARTSVI LLE OUADRANG LES, VI RG I N IA Mervin J. Bartholomew COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES Robert C. Milici, Commissioner of Mineral Resources and State Geologist CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA 1 981 FRONT COVER: Fold showing slightly fanned, axial plane, slaty cleav- age in a loose block of Liberty Hall mudstone at Reference Locality 20, Deer Creek, Roanoke quadrangle. REFERENCE: Portions of this publication may be quoted if credit is given to the Virginia Division of Mineral Resources. It is recommended that referenee to this report be made in the following form: Bartholomew, M. J., 1981, Geology of the Roanoke and Stewaitsville quadrangles, Vir- ginia, Vlrginia Division of Mineral Resources Publicatio4 34,23 p. VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 34 GEOLOGY OF THE ROANOKE AND STEWARTSVI LLE OUADRANG LES, VIRG I N IA Mervin J. Bartholomew COM MONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES Robert C. Milici, Commissioner of Mineral Resources and State Geologist CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRG INIA 1 981 DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Richmond, Virginia FRED W. WALKER, Director JERALD F. MOORE, Deputy Director BOARD ARTHUR P. FLIPPO, Doswell, Chairman HENRY T. -
Geology of and Climatic Indicators in the Westphalian a New
Document generated on 09/27/2021 7:47 p.m. Atlantic Geology Geology of and climatic indicators in the Westphalian A New Glasgow formation, Nova Scotia, Canada: implications for the genesis of coal and of sandstone-hosted lead deposits F. W. Chandler Volume 34, Number 1, Spring 1998 Article abstract By the Late Carboniferous, Late Paleozoic northward drift of the continent URI: https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/ageo34_1art03 Laurentia had carried Nova Scotia from the southern dry climate belt into the equatorial rainy belt. Carboniferous amalgamation of Laurentia with the See table of contents southern continent Gondwana enclosed the area within the new supercontinent Pangea, imposing a gradually drying seasonal tropical climate. Disagreement exists on whether the early Pennsylvanian climate of the Publisher(s) Euramerican coal province was everwet or seasonal. Abundant paleopedological evidence, including calcrete-bearing vertisols, shows that Atlantic Geoscience Society during formation of Westphalian C to Stephanian coals in Nova Scotia, the climate was tropical and seasonal with a pronounced dry season, but ISSN interpretation of Westphalian A-B coal-bearing sequences lacks this form of evidence. Development of calcrete-bearing vertisols in alluvial fan deposits of 0843-5561 (print) the Westphalian A New Glasgow formation indicate that a tropical climate with 1718-7885 (digital) a pronounced dry season was already in force by early Westphalian time. During the dry season, the coal swamps of the early Westphalian Joggins and Explore this journal Springhill Mines formations were fed by groundwater from coeval alluvial fan deposits of the Polly Brook Formation at the basin margin. Sedimento-logical evidence indicates that, similarly, groundwater flowed northward from the toe Cite this article of the New Glasgow alluvial fan, but correlative palustrine sediments have not been found on land in the New Glasgow area. -
Geologic Cross Section
Geologic Cross Section I–I′ Through the Appalachian Basin from the Eastern Margin of the Illinois Basin, Jefferson County, Kentucky, to the Valley and Ridge Province, Scott County, Virginia By Robert T. Ryder, Michael H. Trippi, and Christopher S. Swezey Pamphlet B to accompany Scientific Investigations Map 3343 U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Department of the Interior SALLY JEWELL, Secretary U.S. Geological Survey Suzette M. Kimball, Acting Director U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia: 2015 For more information on the USGS—the Federal source for science about the Earth, its natural and living resources, natural hazards, and the environment—visit http://www.usgs.gov or call 1–888–ASK–USGS. For an overview of USGS information products, including maps, imagery, and publications, visit http://www.usgs.gov/pubprod/. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Although this information product, for the most part, is in the public domain, it also may contain copyrighted materials as noted in the text. Permission to reproduce copy- righted items must be secured from the copyright owner. Suggested citation: Ryder, R.T., Trippi, M.H., and Swezey, C.S., 2015, Geologic cross section I–I′ through the Appalachian basin from the eastern margin of the Illinois basin, Jefferson County, Kentucky, to the Valley and Ridge province, Scott County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3343, 2 sheets and pamphlet A, 41 p.; pamphlet B, 102 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/sim3343. -
Geologic Cross Section C–C' Through the Appalachian Basin from Erie
Geologic Cross Section C–C’ Through the Appalachian Basin From Erie County, North-Central Ohio, to the Valley and Ridge Province, Bedford County, South-Central Pennsylvania By Robert T. Ryder, Michael H. Trippi, Christopher S. Swezey, Robert D. Crangle, Jr., Rebecca S. Hope, Elisabeth L. Rowan, and Erika E. Lentz Scientific Investigations Map 3172 U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Department of the Interior KEN SALAZAR, Secretary U.S. Geological Survey Marcia K. McNutt, Director U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia: 2012 For more information on the USGS—the Federal source for science about the Earth, its natural and living resources, natural hazards, and the environment, visit http://www.usgs.gov or call 1–888–ASK–USGS. For an overview of USGS information products, including maps, imagery, and publications, visit http://www.usgs.gov/pubprod To order this and other USGS information products, visit http://store.usgs.gov Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Although this report is in the public domain, permission must be secured from the individual copyright owners to reproduce any copyrighted materials contained within this report. Suggested citation: Ryder, R.T., Trippi, M.H., Swezey, C.S. Crangle, R.D., Jr., Hope, R.S., Rowan, E.L., and Lentz, E.E., 2012, Geologic cross section C–C’ through the Appalachian basin from Erie County, north-central Ohio, to the Valley and Ridge province, Bedford County, south-central Pennsylvania: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3172, 2 sheets, 70-p. -
Dolomite: Occurrence, Evolution and Economically Important Associations
Earth-Science Reviews 52Ž. 2000 1±81 www.elsevier.comrlocaterearscirev Dolomite: occurrence, evolution and economically important associations John Warren Department Petroleum Geosciences, UniÕersity Brunei Darussalam, Tungku Link, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Received 14 October 1999; accepted 7 July 2000 Abstract Dolomite is not a simple mineral; it can form as a primary precipitate, a diagenetic replacement, or as a hydrothermalrmetamorphic phase, all that it requires is permeability, a mechanism that facilitates fluid flow, and a sufficient supply of magnesium. Dolomite can form in lakes, on or beneath the shallow seafloor, in zones of brine reflux, and in early to late burial settings. It may form from seawater, from continental waters, from the mixing of basinal brines, the mixing of hypersaline brine with seawater, or the mixing of seawater with meteoric water, or via the cooling of basinal brines. Bacterial metabolism may aid the process of precipitation in settings where sulfate-reducing species flourish and microbial action may control primary precipitation in some hypersaline anoxic lake settings. Dolomite is a metastable mineral, early formed crystals can be replaced by later more stable phases with such replacements repeated a number of times during burial and metamorphism. Each new phase is formed by the partial or complete dissolution of an earlier dolomite. This continual re-equilibration during burial detracts from the ability of trace elements to indicate depositional conditions and resets the oxygen isotope signature of the dolomite at progressively higher temperatures. Because subsurface dolomite evolves via dissolution and reprecipitation, a bed of dolomite can retain or create porosity and permeability to much greater burial depths and into higher temperature realms than a limestone counterpart. -
Figure 3A. Major Geologic Formations in West Virginia. Allegheney And
82° 81° 80° 79° 78° EXPLANATION West Virginia county boundaries A West Virginia Geology by map unit Quaternary Modern Reservoirs Qal Alluvium Permian or Pennsylvanian Period LTP d Dunkard Group LTP c Conemaugh Group LTP m Monongahela Group 0 25 50 MILES LTP a Allegheny Formation PENNSYLVANIA LTP pv Pottsville Group 0 25 50 KILOMETERS LTP k Kanawha Formation 40° LTP nr New River Formation LTP p Pocahontas Formation Mississippian Period Mmc Mauch Chunk Group Mbp Bluestone and Princeton Formations Ce Obrr Omc Mh Hinton Formation Obps Dmn Bluefield Formation Dbh Otbr Mbf MARYLAND LTP pv Osp Mg Greenbrier Group Smc Axis of Obs Mmp Maccrady and Pocono, undivided Burning Springs LTP a Mmc St Ce Mmcc Maccrady Formation anticline LTP d Om Dh Cwy Mp Pocono Group Qal Dhs Ch Devonian Period Mp Dohl LTP c Dmu Middle and Upper Devonian, undivided Obps Cw Dhs Hampshire Formation LTP m Dmn OHIO Ct Dch Chemung Group Omc Obs Dch Dbh Dbh Brailler and Harrell, undivided Stw Cwy LTP pv Ca Db Brallier Formation Obrr Cc 39° CPCc Dh Harrell Shale St Dmb Millboro Shale Mmc Dhs Dmt Mahantango Formation Do LTP d Ojo Dm Marcellus Formation Dmn Onondaga Group Om Lower Devonian, undivided LTP k Dhl Dohl Do Oriskany Sandstone Dmt Ot Dhl Helderberg Group LTP m VIRGINIA Qal Obr Silurian Period Dch Smc Om Stw Tonoloway, Wills Creek, and Williamsport Formations LTP c Dmb Sct Lower Silurian, undivided LTP a Smc McKenzie Formation and Clinton Group Dhl Stw Ojo Mbf Db St Tuscarora Sandstone Ordovician Period Ojo Juniata and Oswego Formations Dohl Mg Om Martinsburg Formation LTP nr Otbr Ordovician--Trenton and Black River, undivided 38° Mmcc Ot Trenton Group LTP k WEST VIRGINIA Obr Black River Group Omc Ordovician, middle calcareous units Mp Db Osp St. -
An Allocation of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources to Gauley River National Recreation Area and New River Gorge National River, West Virginia
An Allocation of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources to Gauley River National Recreation Area and New River Gorge National River, West Virginia By Christopher J. Schenk, Timothy R. Klett, Ronald R. Charpentier, Troy A. Cook, Robert A. Crovelli, Richard M. Pollastro, and Robert C. Milici This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity with U.S. Geological Survey editorial standards or with the North American Stratigraphic Code. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Open-File Report 03–396 U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Contents Abstract.......................................................................................................................................................... 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 1 USGS Methodology for Resource Allocation........................................................................................... 1 Results ............................................................................................................................................................ 3 Additional Information ................................................................................................................................. 3 Gauley River National Recreation Area.......................................................................................... -
1 VITA STEVEN GEORGE DRIESE Personal
VITA STEVEN GEORGE DRIESE Personal - Home Address: 330 Austin Ave., Apt. #322 Born: 9/21/56, Chicago, IL Waco, TX 767 01 Marital: Married, 3 grown children Cell: (254) 640-1832 Office: (254) 710-2194 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (254) 710-2673 Internet: http://www.baylor.edu/Geology/ ORCID ID: 0000-0003-2389-6391 Education - 1974-1977 Southern Illinois University, B.S. Geology 1977 (summer) Southern Illinois University Field Camp 1977-1979 University of Wisconsin-Madison, M.S. Geology 1979-1982 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ph.D. Geology Professional Affiliations - Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM); Secretary-Treasurer (1994-1996) and President (2009-2010): elected an Honorary Member in 2015 International Association of Sedimentologists (IAS) Geological Society of America (GSA; elected a Fellow in 1998) American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS; elected a Fellow in 2012) Geochemical Society Sigma Xi, the Scientific Society Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) University of Tennessee-Knoxville (adjunct in Earth & Planetary Sciences) Professional Experience - 1975 (summer) Exploration Geologist, Amoco Production Company, Texas Gulf Coast Exploration 1976-1977 Laboratory and Field Assistant, Southern Illinois University, Acid mine drainage research 1977 (summer) Field Geologist (GS-5), U.S. Geological Survey, and mineral resources appraisal program 1977-1980 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison, sedimentology, introductory geology -
Stratigraphy, Structure, and Tectonics: an East-To-West Transect of the Blue Ridge and Valley and Ridge Provinces of Northern Virginia and West Virginia
FLD016-05 2nd pgs page 103 The Geological Society of America Field Guide 16 2010 Stratigraphy, structure, and tectonics: An east-to-west transect of the Blue Ridge and Valley and Ridge provinces of northern Virginia and West Virginia Lynn S. Fichter Steven J. Whitmeyer Department of Geology and Environmental Science, James Madison University, 800 S. Main Street, Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807, USA Christopher M. Bailey Department of Geology, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA William Burton U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia 22092, USA ABSTRACT This fi eld guide covers a two-day east-to-west transect of the Blue Ridge and Valley and Ridge provinces of northwestern Virginia and eastern West Virginia, in the context of an integrated approach to teaching stratigraphy, structural analysis, and regional tectonics. Holistic, systems-based approaches to these topics incorpo- rate both deductive (stratigraphic, structural, and tectonic theoretical models) and inductive (fi eld observations and data collection) perspectives. Discussions of these pedagogic approaches are integral to this fi eld trip. Day 1 of the fi eld trip focuses on Mesoproterozoic granitoid basement (associated with the Grenville orogeny) and overlying Neoproterozoic to Early Cambrian cover rocks (Iapetan rifting) of the greater Blue Ridge province. These units collectively form a basement-cored anticlinorium that was thrust over Paleozoic strata of the Val- ley and Ridge province during Alleghanian contractional tectonics. Day 2 traverses a foreland thrust belt that consists of Cambrian to Ordovician carbonates (Iapetan divergent continental margin), Middle to Upper Ordovician immature clastics (asso- ciated with the Taconic orogeny), Silurian to Lower Devonian quartz arenites and car- bonates (inter-orogenic tectonic calm), and Upper Devonian to Lower Mississippian clastic rocks (associated with the Acadian orogeny). -
University of Texas at Arlington Dissertation Template
CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY AND PALEOCEANOGRAPHY OF THE MISSISSIPPIAN BARNETT FORMATION, SOUTHERN FORT WORTH BASIN, TEXAS, USA by JAMES DANIEL HOELKE Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of The University of Texas at Arlington in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE IN GEOLOGY THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON AUGUST 2011 Copyright © by James Hoelke 2011 All Rights Reserved ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First, I would like to thank my advisor, Dr. Harry Rowe, for his patience, time and energy during these past few years. I have learned much from him. This thesis would not have been possible without him. Second, I would like to thank the members of my graduate committee, Dr. Andrew Hunt and Dr. Robert Loucks, for the knowledge and insight you have provided in class and in conversations. I would also like to thank Dr. Christopher Scotese for assistance and advice with paleogeographic maps. I would also like to thank several members of the Texas Bureau of Economic Geology. I would like to thank especially Dr. Stephen Ruppel for providing core access and material support for this project as well as advice. I would also like to thank James Donnelly, Nathan Ivicic, Kenneth Edwards, and Josh Lambert for core handling assistance. I want to thank Henry Francis and Andrea Conner at the Kentucky Geological Survey for providing geochemical analyses. I would also like to thank some members of our geochemistry research group. Niki Hughes provided substantial assistance especially with calibrations and great encouragement. I would also like to thank Jak Kearns, Pukar Mainali, Krystin Robinson, and Robert Nikirk for their help. -
Application of Foreland Basin Detrital-Zircon Geochronology to the Reconstruction of the Southern and Central Appalachian Orogen
JG vol. 118, no. 1 2010 Tuesday Oct 27 2009 01:03 PM/80097/MILLERD CHECKED Application of Foreland Basin Detrital-Zircon Geochronology to the Reconstruction of the Southern and Central Appalachian Orogen Hyunmee Park, David L. Barbeau Jr., Alan Rickenbaker, Denise Bachmann-Krug, and George Gehrels1 Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, U.S.A. (e-mail: [email protected]) ABSTRACT q1 We report the U-Pb age distribution of detrital zircons collected from central and southern Appalachian foreland basin strata, which record changes of sediment provenance in response to the different phases of the Appalachian orogeny. Taconic clastic wedges have predominantly ∼1080–1180- and ∼1300–1500-Ma zircons, whereas Acadian clastic wedges contain abundant Paleozoic zircons and minor populations of 550–700- and 1900–2200-Ma zircons q2 consistent with a Gondwanan affinity. Alleghanian clastic wedges contain large populations of ∼980–1080-Ma, ∼2700- Ma, and older Archean zircons and fewer Paleozoic zircons than occur in the Acadian clastic wedges. The abundance of Paleozoic detrital zircons in Acadian clastic wedges indicates that the Acadian hinterland consisted of recycled material and possible exposure of Taconic-aged plutons, which provided significant detritus to the Acadian foreland basin. The appearance of Pan-African/Brasiliano- and Eburnean/Trans-Amazonian-aged zircons in Acadian clastic wedges suggests a Devonian accretion of the Carolina terrane. In contrast, the relative decrease in abundance of Paleozoic detrital zircons coupled with an increase of Archean and Grenville zircons in Alleghanian clastic wedges indicates the development of an orogenic hinterland consisting of deformed passive margin strata and Grenville basement. -
Valley of Virginia with Explanatory Text
Plcase retum this publication to the Virsinia Gcological Sungy when you have no furthcr uac for it. Petase will be refuuded. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA ST.ATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ARTHUR BEVAN, State Geologist Bulletin 42 Map of the Appalachian $'., Geologic Ti.l Valley of Virginia with Explanatory Text BY CHARLES BUTTS PREPARED IN COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVBY Q.E 113 ne UNIVERSITY, VIRGINIA ho, {a 1933 C 3 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT VIRGINIA, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ttl l I ARTHUR BEVAN, State Geologist Bulletin 42 Geologic Map of the Appalachian Valley of Virginia with Explanatory Text BY CHARLES BUTTS PREPARED IN COOPERATION WITH THtr UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNIVERSITY, VIRGINIA 1933 F.::t' :.'tFF F. Q r t7t hz, uo, $2" aopl 3 , RICHMOND: , Drwsrox or Puncrrasr ewo Pnrnrrwc 1933 .r...' .'..'. .', :".;ii':.J..1 ; i,1,'.- .li i : -. i ::: i"i 1 . : ..: :.3 -". ". I .i I i aa"..: a a-r-'ro t' a a".3 at!-i t a . .: . r o aa ? r. I a a a a -. , a a -a . 't ': STATE COMMISSION ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT Wrr,r,rau E. CansoN, Chai,rrnqn, Riverton Cor-BuaN Wonrne w, V i,c e -C hai,rman, Richmond E. Gnrprrrs DoosoN, Norfolk Tnoues L. Fennan, Charlottesville . Jumrus P. FrsneunN, Roanoke LsB LoNc, Dante Rurus G. Rosnnrs, Culpeper Rrcneno A. Grr,r-raiu t Erecwti,ve Secretary and Treaswrer. Richmond * t- .h. ,1r ill J .g i 5 s LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL ColrruomwrAlTrr oF VrncrNra VrncrNre GBor,ocrcer, Sunvev IJxrvnnsrry op VrncrNre Cnanr,orrpsvrr,r,e, Ve., March 15, 1933.