DOCSLIB.ORG

Stratigraphy and Conodont Biostratigraphy of the Uppermost Carboniferous and Lower Permian from the North American Midcontinent

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Stratigraphy and Conodont Biostratigraphy of the Uppermost Carboniferous and Lower Permian from the North American Midcontinent Kansas Geological Survey Bulletin 255 Stratigraphy and Conodont Biostratigraphy of the Uppermost Carboniferous and Lower Permian from the North American Midcontinent Darwin R. Boardman II Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078–3031 Bruce R. Wardlaw U.S. Geological Survey Reston, Virginia 20192–0002 Merlynd K. Nestell University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, Texas 76019–0408 PART A—General Sequence Stratigraphy and Conodont Biostratigraphy (including new species) of the Uppermost Carboniferous (upper Gzhelian) to Lower Permian (lower Artinskian) from the North American Midcontinent Bruce R. Wardlaw, Darwin R. Boardman II, and Merlynd K. Nestell PART B—Conodont Distribution, Systematics, Biostratigraphy, and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Uppermost Carboniferous and Lower Permian (uppermost Wabaunsee, Admire, Council Grove, and lower Chase Groups) from the North American Midcontinent Darwin R. Boardman II, Merlynd K. Nestell, and Bruce R. Wardlaw Lawrence, Kansas 2009 Boardman et al.—Uppermost Carboniferous and Lower Permian Midcontinent Stratigraphy and Conodont Biostratigraphy i The Kansas Geological Survey does not guarantee Editor: Marla D. Adkins–Heljeson this document to be free from errors or inaccuracies Cover design: P. Acker and disclaims any responsibility or liability for in- terpretations based on data used in the production ISBN: 978-1-58806-331-3 of this document or decisions based thereon. ii Kansas Geological Survey Bulletin 255 Contents Part A Authors’ Preface ................................................................................................................................................................................. ix Abstract ................................................................................................................................................................................................1 Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................................................................1 Lithofacies ............................................................................................................................................................................................4 Facies: Offshore ...........................................................................................................................................................................4 Facies: Normal Marine, Shelf ......................................................................................................................................................6 Facies: Marginal Marine, Nearshore ............................................................................................................................................6 Facies: Terrestrial .........................................................................................................................................................................7 Biofacies ..............................................................................................................................................................................................7 Sequence Stratigraphy .........................................................................................................................................................................7 General .........................................................................................................................................................................................7 Summary of the Sequence Stratigraphic Section .........................................................................................................................9 Conodont Biostratigraphy ..................................................................................................................................................................28 Conodont Systematics (new species) .................................................................................................................................................28 Genus Streptognathodus ...........................................................................................................................................................28 Streptognathodus binodosus Wardlaw, Boardman, and Nestell, new species ....................................................................31 Streptognathodus denticulatus Wardlaw, Boardman, and Nestell, new species .................................................................32 Streptognathodus elongianus Wardlaw, Boardman, and Nestell, new species ...................................................................32 Streptognathodus fl orensis Wardlaw, Boardman, and Nestell, new species .......................................................................33 Streptognathodus lineatus Wardlaw, Boardman, and Nestell, new species ........................................................................33 Streptognathodus nevaensis Wardlaw, Boardman, and Nestell, new species .....................................................................36 Streptognathodus postconstrictus Wardlaw, Boardman, and Nestell, new species ............................................................37 Streptognathodus postelongatus Wardlaw, Boardman, and Nestell, new species ..............................................................37 Streptognathodus robustus Wardlaw, Boardman, and Nestell, new species .......................................................................38 Streptognathodus translinearis Wardlaw, Boardman, and Nestell, new species ................................................................38 Streptognathodus trimilus Wardlaw, Boardman, and Nestell, new species ........................................................................39 Acknowledgments ..............................................................................................................................................................................39 References ..........................................................................................................................................................................................39 Figures 1—Location of measured sections .....................................................................................................................................................2 2—Stratigraphic coverage of localities included in this study ..........................................................................................................3 3—Stratigraphy, sea-level curve, conodont species FAD’s and depositional sequences for the interval from the Pony Creek Shale Member of the Wood Siding Formation to the Fort Riley Limestone Member of the Barneston Limestone ...................................................................................................................................................................5 4—North-south sequence stratigraphic cross section of the Brownville Composite Fourth-Order Sequence; localities 2, 3, 1, A20, and A26 ..............................................................................................................................................................10 5—North-south sequence stratigraphic cross section of the Falls City Composite Fourth-Order Sequence; localities 3-4 (composite), 1, A19, A12, A16, A25, and A26 ......................................................................................................................................11 6—North-south sequence stratigraphic cross section of the Five Point Composite Fourth-Order Sequence; localities 2, 3-4 (composite), 1, A19, A16, A25, A17, A13, and A26 .............................................................................................................................12 7—North-south sequence stratigraphic cross section of the Foraker Composite Fourth-Order Sequence; localities 4, 5, and 6 ...................................................................................................................................................................................14 8—North-south sequence stratigraphic cross section of the Red Eagle Composite Fourth-Order Sequence; localities A4, 4, A23, 6, and A3 .................................................................................................................................................16 9—North-south sequence stratigraphic cross section of the Lower Grenola and Upper Grenola Composite Fourth-Order Sequences; localities 9, A23, 8, and 6 ....................................................................................................................................................18 10—North-south sequence stratigraphic cross section of the Beattie Composite Fourth-Order Sequence; localities 9, 21, A23, and 11 ......................................................................................................................................................................19 11—North-south sequence stratigraphic cross section of the Eiss and Middleburg Composite Fourth-Order sequences; localities 12, 17, 13, 16, 15, 14, and 11 .................................................................................................................................................20 12—North-south sequence stratigraphic cross section of the Crouse Composite Fourth-Order Sequence; localities 18, 17, 19, and 14 ...................................................................................................................................................................................22
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Surface Structure on the East Flank of the Ne:Aha Anticline in Northeast Pottawatomie County, Kansas
    SURFACE STRUCTURE ON THE EAST FLANK OF THE NE:AHA ANTICLINE IN NORTHEAST POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY, KANSAS by GENE A. RATCLIFF B. S. Kansas State College of Agriculture and Applied Science, 156 A THESIS submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree MASTER OF SCIENCE Department of Geology and Geography KANSAS STATE COLLEGE CF AGRICULTUhE AND APPLIED SCIENCE 1957 ii TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 Location of the Area 1 Geologic Setting 1 Statement of the Problem 4 nAPPING PROCEDURE 5 GEOLOGIC HISTORY 6 Paleozoic Era 6 :csozoic Era 7 Cenozoic Era 7 STRATIGRAPHY 11 Pennsylvanian System 11 Wabaunsee Group 11 Permian System 13 Admire Group 13 Council Grove Group 14 Chase Group 18 quaternary System 18 Pleistocene Series 18 STR7CTURE 19 Regional Structures 19 Nemaha Anticline 19 Forest City Basin 19 Local Structures 20 Humboldt Fault 20 Fault Description 21 iii Relationship to Regional Structures 21 Age of Faulting 24 CONCLUSION 25 ACKNOWLEDGMENT 29 LITERATURE CITED 30 APPLNDIX 31 INTRODUCTION Location of the Area The area covered by this investigation is located in the northeast corner of Pottawatomie county, Kansas. The Pottawa- tomie-Nemaha county line is the northern boundary and township seven south is the southern boundary. The area is approximate- ly two miles wide and 12 miles long in a southwest direction from the extreme northeast corner of Pottawatomie county. Geologic Setting The problem area lies within the Western Interior Province and is located on the east flank of the Nemaha Anticline. The two main structural features are the Nemaha Anticline and the Forest City Basin.
    [Show full text]
  • Geology and Construction-Material Resources of Nemaha County, Kansas
    Geology and Construction-Material Resources of Nemaha County, Kansas GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1060-D Prepared in cooperation with the State Highway Commission of Kansas, as part of a program of the Department of the Interior for development of the Missouri River basin Geology and Construction-Material Resources of Nemaha County, Kansas By MELVILLE R. MUDGE, CHARLES P. WALTERS, and RALPH E. SKOOG GEOLOGY AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS OF PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1060-D Prepared in cooperation with the State Highway Commission of Kansas, as part of a program of the Department of the Interior for development of the Missouri River basin UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1959 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FRED A. SEATON, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Thomas B. Nolan, Director For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington 25, D.C. - Price $1 (paper cover) CONTENTS Page Abstract________________________.___-____________....___ 179 Introduction-_____________________________________________________ 179 Purpose of the investigation. ___________________________________ 179 Geography__________________________________________________ 180 Area covered by the investigation.__________________________ 180 Topography. _____________________________________________ 180 Climate.______________-__-___-_______________ 182 Transportation routes____-__--______--______-___.._______-__ 183 Investigation procedure._______________________________________ 183 Acknowledgments.
    [Show full text]
  • OGQ-94 Color
    OKLAHOMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Oklahoma Geologic Quadrangle OGQ-94 Jeremy Boak, Director Geologic Map of the Bristow 30' X 60'Quadrangle CORRELATION OF UNITS ADA FORMATION—Interbedded brown to gray weathering shales; lenticular, fine-grained quartz *ad arenites with local cross-bedding; and thin limestones. Chert-pebble conglomerates at the base of some sandstone beds common in the southern half of sheet. Important limestones include: 1) the Church Limestone (*ch) in the middle of the Howard Limestone, which corresponds to the Bird Qal Qds Creek Limestone of Oklahoma in older reports. The Church quickly pinches out approximately 9.5 km due east of Cushing, Oklahoma; 2) the Turkey Run Limestone (*tr), which corresponds with the Holocene Qao Coal Creek Member of the Topeka Limestone of Kansas, is 0.3 to 0.6 meters thick, dark gray, thin-, to occasionally medium-bedded, skeletal wackestone; and 3) the Beil Limestone (*bl), which Qts defines the base of the Ada and is a prominant 2.2 to 4 meters thick, thin-bedded, skeletal wackestone to carbonate mudstone. CENOZOIC Interbedded shales and sandstone sequences occurring between the top of the Turkey Run QUATERNARY Pleistocene Qtg Limestone and the base of the Beil Limestone belong to the Pawhuska Formation of Oklahoma usage. Total thickness of the Ada Formation varies between 16 and 60 meters. UNCONFORMITY VAMOOSA FORMATION—Consists of locally calcareous, gray-green, blue-green, and maroon *vm weathering shale, siltstone, fine- to coarse-grained sandstone, and local, thin limestones. Chert- pebble conglomerates common in the lower half of formation; the prominant (10 meter thick) Boley Pcgw Conglomerate occurs at the base of the formation in lower third of map area.
    [Show full text]
  • Fusulinids from the Howe Limestone Member
    Fusulinids from Howe Limestone Member, by Wahlman and West 1 Fusulinids from the Howe Limestone Member (Red Eagle Limestone, Council Grove Group) in Northeastern Kansas and their Significance to the North American Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian)–Permian Boundary Gregory P. Wahlman1 and Ronald R. West2 1Wahlman Geological Services, 12303 Lanny Lane, Houston, Texas 77077 21014 Houston Street, Manhattan, Kansas 66502 Abstract Fusulinids from the Howe Limestone Member (upper part of the Red Eagle Limestone, lower part of the Council Grove Group) are described here for the first time. The Howe fauna is particularly significant because it represents the earliest fusulinids known to occur above the new conodont- based Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian)–Permian boundary at the Glenrock Limestone Member–Bennett Shale Member contact (Red Eagle Limestone) in northeastern Kansas. The Howe fusulinid assemblage is composed entirely of species of the genus Leptotriticites. The species L. hughesensis and L. glenensis were originally described from just beneath the new systemic boundary horizon in the Hughes Creek Shale Member and Glenrock Limestone Member, respectively. L. wetherensis is a species from the Stockwether Limestone Member of north-central Texas, which is thought to directly overlie the new systemic boundary in that region. L. gracilitatus is a species reported from below and above the boundary in west Texas and New Mexico. Therefore, the Howe Limestone Member fusulinid fauna is quite transitional in character. The first typical and diagnostic early Permian (Wolfcampian Series) fusulinids in the midcontinent section appear in steps through the stratigraphically higher Neva Limestone Member of the Grenola Limestone (Paraschwagerina kansasensis), and the Cottonwood and Morrill Limestone Members of the overlying Beattie Limestone (Schwagerina jewetti, S.
    [Show full text]
  • The University Uf Ukl4huma Graduate College Geology
    THE UNIVERSITY UF UKL4HUMA GRADUATE COLLEGE GEOLOGY OF PAWNEE COUNTY. OKLAHOMA A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE FACULTY in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree o f DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY BY PAUL BENNETT GRËIG, JR. Norman, Oklahoma 1957 GEOLOGY OF PAWNEE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA APPROVED BY Q J k ü jL V (fj/l l Æ ^ i g â é T l à f ACKNÜWLEDGMTS The author wishes to express his sincere appreciation to Dr. Carl C, Branson, who suggested and supervised this investigation, to Dr, William E, Ham, Dr. Frank A. Melton, Dr. George G. Huffman, Dr. P h ilip A. Ghenowith, and Mr. A rthur W, McCray, who read the manu­ script and offered their constructive criticism, and to Dr. Louise Jordan of the Oklahoma Geological Survey, who provided valuable as­ sistance in subsurface correlation and nomenclature. Thanks are due also to the Oklahoma G eological Survey, which i ; ■supplied the aerial photographs and provided financial assistance for Ipart of the field work, and to the Standard Oil Company of Texas, which I through its Fellowship in Geology, facilitated the early completion of it he academic and field work requisite to this report, i I i Special mention should be made of the kindness and cooperation : Ishown to the author fay all the residents of Pawnee County with whom he had occasion to associate during the course of the field work. The author is especially indebted to his wife, Jean, without jwhose assistance, encouragement, and understanding this thesis would never have been written: i n TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ACKNOWLEDGfffiNTS .........................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • The Permian System in Kansas
    Kansas Geological Survey Bulletin 257 The Permian System in Kansas by R. R. West1, K. B. Miller2, and W. L. Watney3 1Emeritus Professor, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506 2Department of Geology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506 3Kansas Geological Survey, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66047 Lawrence, Kansas 66047 2010 West et al.—The Permian System in Kansas i COVER—The broad, fl at surface in the center of the photo is the top of the Glenrock Limestone Member of the Red Eagle Limestone and the Carboniferous–Permian boundary at Tuttle Creek Lake Spillway in Pottawatomie County, Kansas. The Kansas Geological Survey does not guarantee this docu- Editor: Marla D. Adkins–Heljeson ment to be free from errors or inaccuracies and disclaims any Graphics: Jennifer Sims responsibility or liability for interpretations based on data used Cover: P. Acker in the production of this document or decisions based thereon. ISBN: 978-1-58806-333-X ii Kansas Geological Survey—Bulletin 257 Contents Abstract ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................................. 1 Historical Aspects .......................................................................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Hierarchal Genetic Stratigraphy of the Wreford Limestone Formation (Lower Permian, Gearyan) in Northeastern Kansas
    '•HIERARCHAL GENETIC STRATIGRAPHY OF THE WREFORD LIMESTONE FORMATION (LOWER PERMIAN, GEARYAN) IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS/ by TERRY R. BARRETT B.S., University of Colorado, 1984 A THESIS submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree MASTER OF SCIENCE (Geology) KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY Manhattan, Kansas : 9 8 9 Approved by: Major Professor " 12Da 3D0 TABLE OF CONTENTS ^ ~"\ Page No. ^W LIST OF TABLES, FIGURES U "B^ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vi C Z INTRODUCTION 1 Area of investigation 3 Purpose and Objectives 3 Geologic Setting 6 Formal Llthostratigraphy 6 Chronostratigraphy 10 Geographic Extent 14 Structural Setting 21 Previous Work 23 Cyclic Stratigraphy of the Wreford 34 Cyclic Sedimentation 37 Hierarchy of Genetic T-R Units 44 Methods of Study 48 Genetic Surfaces 52 Disjunct Facies 55 Biofacies Analysis 56 Definition and Labeling of T-R Units .... 61 HIERARCHAL GENETIC STRATIGRAPHY OF THE WREFORD FORMATION 65 Locality GY3, northeastern Geary County 71 Unit Wl.l 72 Unit W1.2 73 Unit W1.3 75 Unit Wl.A 77 Unit W1.5 78 Unit W1.6 79 Unit W1.7 80 Unit W2.1 81 Unit W2.2 81 Description Summary 82 Composite Section at Localities RY4, RY5, and RY6. 84 Unit Wl.l 88 Unit W1.2 89 Unit W1.3 90 Unit W1.4 91 Unit W1.5 92 Unit W1.6 93 Unit W1.7 94 Unit W2.1 95 Unit W2.2 96 Description Summary 96 Correlation Methods and Results 98 Standard Hierarchal Genetic Stratigraphy of the Wreford 99 ii Comparison of Results with the Cyclothem Approach 106 Wreford Paleogeography Changes 109 Unit Wl.l 110 Unit W1.2 114 Unit W1.3 121 Unit W1.4 126 Unit W1.5 130 Unit W1.6 137 Unit W1.7 142 Composite Facies Maps 145 Summary of Paleogeographic Trends 149 Structural Controls on Wreford Deposition ...
    [Show full text]
  • C-P Boundary.Indd
    Carboniferous–Permian Boundary in Kansas, Midcontinent, U.S.A. 1 Carboniferous–Permian Boundary in Kansas, Midcontinent, U.S.A. Robert S. Sawin1, Ronald R. West2, Evan K. Franseen1, W. Lynn Watney1, and James R. McCauley1 1Kansas Geological Survey, 1930 Constant Avenue, Lawrence, Kansas 66047 2Department of Geology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506 Abstract The placement of the Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian)–Permian boundary in Kansas has been debated since the rocks of this age were fi rst described and named. With the ratifi cation of the Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Permian System in the southern Ural Mountains, the Carboniferous–Permian boundary in Kansas can now be confi dently defi ned. Based on the identifi cation of the fi rst occurrence of the conodont Streptognathodus isolatus that defi nitively correlates the Kansas rock section to the basal Permian GSSP, the Carboniferous–Permian boundary in Kansas can be placed at the base of the Bennett Shale Member of the Red Eagle Limestone. The Kansas Geological Survey proposes that the Tuttle Creek Lake Spillway section, located in northeast Kansas, be considered for the Carboniferous–Permian boundary stratotype in Kansas. It is further suggested that the stratigraphic position of the Carboniferous–Permian boundary in the Tuttle Creek Lake Spillway section be considered as a potential North American stratotype. In addition to being a signifi cant biostratigraphic boundary, the Carboniferous–Permian boundary and enclosing strata also have signifi cance because they refl ect important geologic events and changes that occurred on a regional and global scale. Introduction The placement of the Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian)– on fusulinids, including the latest proposed revision in Kansas Permian boundary in Kansas, and in all of North America, has (Baars, Ross, et al., 1994).
    [Show full text]