Tectonic Implications of Erosional and Depositional Features in Upper Meramecian and Lower Chesterian (Mississippian) Rocks of South-Central and East-Central Kentucky
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Kentucky Geological Survey Donald C. Haney, State Geologist and Director University of Kentucky, Lexington Tectonic Implications of Erosional and Depositional Features in Upper Meramecian and Lower Chesterian (Mississippian) Rocks of South-Central and East-Central Kentucky Garland R. Dever Jr. Bulletin 5 Series XI, 1999 DISCLAIMER The Kentucky Geological Survey provides online versions of its publications as a public service. Publications are provided as Adobe PDF (portable document format) files. Hard-copy versions are available for purchase by contacting the Survey at: Kentucky Geological Survey Publication Sales Office 228 Mining and Mineral Resources Building University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0107 Phone: 606-257-5500 Fax: 606-257-1147 Selected KGS reports published before 1999 have been scanned and converted to PDF format. Scanned documents may not retain the formatting of the original publication. 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Woolery, Geologist IV CONTENTS Page Abstract ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................................. 1 Structural Setting ......................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Rome Trough ........................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Greenwood Anomaly ............................................................................................................................................................... 8 Cincinnati Arch ..................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Waverly Arch......................................................................................................................................................................... 13 Migratory Lithospheric Flexural Features ............................................................................................................................ 14 Stratigraphic and Lithologic Framework .................................................................................................................................. 15 Pre-St. Louis Units of Mississippian Age ............................................................................................................................. 15 St. Louis Limestone and Correlative Rocks of the Slade Formation ................................................................................... 16 Bronston Member ............................................................................................................................................................. 16 Big Sinking Bed ................................................................................................................................................................ 19 Burnside Member ............................................................................................................................................................. 21 Monteagle Limestone and Correlative Rocks of the Slade Formation ................................................................................. 23 Ste. Genevieve Member .................................................................................................................................................... 23 Warix Run Member .......................................................................................................................................................... 27 Mill Knob Member ........................................................................................................................................................... 28 Cave Branch Bed .............................................................................................................................................................. 30 Evidence for Structural Activity ................................................................................................................................................ 30 Greenwood Anomaly and Grenville Front ............................................................................................................................