Date of Graduation
Spring 2024
Degree
Master of Natural and Applied Science in Geography, Geology, and Planning
Department
Geography, Geology, and Planning
Committee Chair
Matthew McKay
Abstract
The Black Warrior basin is a foreland basin formed by the Ouachita–Appalachian orogeny during the late Paleozoic Era. Mississippian strata record the transition from the carbonate platform within the Tuscumbia Limestone to the clastic-rich units within the overlying Pride Mountain Formation and Hartselle Sandstone. The western and southern-most fringes of the Black Warrior basin are covered by thin, post orogenic Cretaceous sediments of the East Gulf Coastal Plain. Geological mapping of the Bishop 7.5-Minute quadrangle revealed subtle deformation in Mississippian strata in the form of gentle folds (
Keywords
Black Warrior basin, Ouachita orogeny, foreland basin, geological mapping, geophysical modeling
Subject Categories
Geology | Geomorphology | Geophysics and Seismology | Sedimentology | Tectonics and Structure
Copyright
© Joseph Edward Lane
Recommended Citation
Lane, Joseph Edward, "Geology of the Bishop 7.5-Minute Quadrangle and Geophysical Modeling to Constrain Syndepositional Deformation of the Black Warrior Foreland Basin" (2024). MSU Graduate Theses. 3971.
https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/theses/3971
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