Poster Number 139
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Abstract:
Sequence stratigraphic analysis of Lower Pennsylvanian strata in Buchanan, Dickinson and Wise Counties, Virginia is based on gamma ray and density well log interpretation coupled with two continuous core logs and outcrop observations. Multiple cross sections reveal a stratigraphic architecture consisting of unconformity bounded, 4th-order sequences consisting of upward-fining, transgressive incised valley fill (alluvial to estuarine) deposits that are capped by thin intervals of fine-grained strata (condensed sections) and overlain by upward-coarsening, progradational deltaic deposits. The 4th-order sequences of ~400 k.y. duration are stacked into 3rd-order composite sequences of ~2.0 Ma duration in which regional marine horizons define maximum flooding surfaces. Regionally extensive coal beds are developed in close association with condensed sections and also occur within progradational deltaic deposits. Formation of coal beds in the central Appalachian basin of southwest Virginia is attributed to extrabasinal, glacio-eustatic controls and intrabasinal deltaic processes related to channel avulsion and delta lobe switching.
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