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SESSION NO. 12, 1:30 PM<br />

Thursday, 2 May 2013<br />

Sedimentology & Stratigraphy<br />

Fetzer Center, Room 2020<br />

12-1 1:30 PM Alshahrani, Saeed S. [218727]<br />

EVIDENCE FOR SHALLOW-WATER ORIGIN OF A DEVONIAN BLACK SHALE, CLEVELAND<br />

SHALE MEMBER (OHIO SHALE), NORTHEASTERN OHIO<br />

ALSHAHRANI, Saeed S. and EVANS, James, E., Department <strong>of</strong> Geology, Bowling Green<br />

State University, 190 Overman Hall, Bowling Green, OH 43402, evansje@bgsu.edu<br />

There has long been a debate about whether the Devonian Cleveland Shale Member (Ohio<br />

Shale) was deposited in shallow- or deep-water depositional environments. This study looked<br />

at the Cleveland Shale Member (CSM) at 3 stratigraphic sections and 5 well cores from four<br />

counties in northeastern Ohio. The CSM mostly consists <strong>of</strong> interbedded dark gray and light gray<br />

carbonaceous fissile mudstones or claystones. The dark gray shale (mean thickness 13 cm)<br />

and light gray shale (mean thickness 17 cm) are rhythmically bedded and represent changes in<br />

carbon content. Three types <strong>of</strong> event layers are interbedded <strong>with</strong> the mudrocks: (1) tempestites<br />

(hummocky stratified fine-grained sandstones overlain by planar laminated very fine-grained<br />

sandstones overlain by ripple laminated or climbing-ripple laminated very fine-grained<br />

sandstones); (2) distal turbidites (normally graded normally graded fine-grained sandstones,<br />

siltstones, and shales); and (3) hyperpycnites (normally graded microlaminae <strong>of</strong> very fine-grained<br />

sandstone, siltstone, and shale). The tempestites overlie sole marks such as groove casts, and<br />

these indicate transport directions NE-SW (n = 56 measurements). The tempestites average<br />

4.9 cm thick, are common at the base <strong>of</strong> the unit, and contain a newly observed trace fossil<br />

(Neonereites). The turbidites average 6.2 cm thick and are more common at the top <strong>of</strong> the unit.<br />

The hyperpycnites have been studied primarily using petrography and the SEM. Hyperpycnites<br />

are common throughout the CSM, for example at least 10 individual hyperpycnites were identified<br />

<strong>with</strong>in a single stratigraphic interval ~ 1.73 cm thick. The hyperpycnites show uniform thickness<br />

in the study area, and may be correlated from place to place. The preliminary interpretation is<br />

that the CSM depositional environment was receiving clastics from the NE, which were primarily<br />

transported as density underflows (turbidites and hyperpycnites). However, significant storm<br />

deposits (tempestites) <strong>with</strong>in the CSM indicate deposition occurred on a clastic marine shelf at<br />

water depths less than storm wave base.<br />

12-2 1:50 PM Jenschke, Matthew Clay [218503]<br />

DELTA FRONT AND SHALLOW SUB-TIDAL FACIES IN THE LATE DEVONIAN BEDFORD<br />

SHALE AND BEREA SANDSTONE, NW OHIO<br />

JENSCHKE, Matthew Clay and EVANS, James E., Department <strong>of</strong> Geology, Bowling Green<br />

State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403, mjensch@bgsu.edu<br />

Facies analysis <strong>of</strong> outcrops <strong>of</strong> the Bedford Shale and Berea Sandstone in Cuyahoga and<br />

Medina counties (NE Ohio) has described 21 lith<strong>of</strong>acies. The units are entirely siliciclastic,<br />

ranging from mudstones and mudshales to coarse-grained and pebbly sandstones. There is a<br />

general coarsening- and thickening-upwards trend from the Bedford Shale to the overlying Berea<br />

Sandstone, consistent <strong>with</strong> previous interpretations <strong>of</strong> a prograding deltaic environment, however<br />

there is extensive local variation representing sub-environments such as: (1) storm-dominated<br />

clastic shelf deposits <strong>with</strong> tempestites (hummocky and swaley stratification); (2) extensive muddy<br />

shelf deposits below storm wave-base; (3) gravity-controlled slope deposits <strong>with</strong> extensive<br />

syndepositional slump structures and mud diapirs; (4) tidal sandwaves; (5) tidally-influenced<br />

deposits <strong>with</strong> heterolithic flaser, wavy, and lenticular bedded sandstones and mud drapes and<br />

tidal rhythmites; (6) distributary mouth bar deposits <strong>with</strong> climbing-ripple lamination; and (7)<br />

channel deposits <strong>with</strong> mud intraclasts, and tidally-influenced fluvial cross-bedded sandstones. On<br />

a larger-scale, deltaic distributary lobes exhibit both progradational and retrogradational trends<br />

(distributary channel abandonment, delta platform subsidence, and wave reworking), consistent<br />

<strong>with</strong> a dynamic environment affected by both autocyclic (distributary lobe switching and avulsion)<br />

and allocyclic controls (eustasy, subsidence, and sediment supply).<br />

12-3 2:10 PM Shah, Mihir [218663]<br />

SUBSURFACE FACIES ANALYSIS OF ROSE RUN SANDSTONE (UPPER CAMBRIAN) IN<br />

EASTERN OHIO<br />

SHAH, Mihir, Bowling Green State Univerisity, Bowling Green, OH 43403, mshah@bgsu.edu<br />

and EVANS, James E., Department <strong>of</strong> Geology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling<br />

Green, OH 43403<br />

This study <strong>of</strong> the Cambrian Rose Run Sandstone conducted lith<strong>of</strong>acies and micr<strong>of</strong>acies analysis<br />

from 4 cores from Holmes (well 2892), Coshocton (wells 2989 and 3385), and Morgan (well 2923)<br />

counties in eastern Ohio. The Rose Run Sandstone is primarily sandstone, but also includes thin<br />

but common mudstone intervals, and dolostone. There are a total <strong>of</strong> 13 siliciclastic lith<strong>of</strong>acies<br />

and 5 carbonate lith<strong>of</strong>acies. Intertidal deposits include heterolithic flaser bedded sandstone<br />

and mudstone (lith<strong>of</strong>acies SMf), heterolithic wavy bedded sandstone and mudstone (SMw),<br />

heterolithic lenticular bedded sandstone and mudstone (SMk) and interbedded planar laminated<br />

sandstone and mudstone (SMl), the latter interpreted as tidalites. Subtidal clastic deposits<br />

include medium-scale planar tabular cross-bedded sandstone (lith<strong>of</strong>acies Sp) and herringbone<br />

cross-bedded sandstone (Sx), massive sandstone (Sm), glauconite-rich sandstones (SMg),<br />

hummocky stratified sandstone (Sh) and massive (Mm), laminated (Ml) and convoluted bedded<br />

(MMc) mudstones. Sm is the most common lith<strong>of</strong>acies and SMg has the highest intergranular<br />

porosity. Interbedded carbonates include dolomudstones (lith<strong>of</strong>acies Cm), bioturbated and mottled<br />

dolo-mudstones (Cmm), dolo-grainstones (Cgmb), dolo-packstones <strong>with</strong> mud drapes (“cryptalgal<br />

lamination”) (Cpl), and dolo-packstones <strong>with</strong> mud rip-up clasts (“flat pebble conglomerates”)<br />

(Cpmr). Contacts between sandstone and carbonates are gradational, whereas sharp and erosive<br />

contacts may be found between sandstone and shale intervals (e.g., core 2923). The Rose Run<br />

Sandstone in this region is interpreted as a shallow marine environment <strong>of</strong> normal salinity, <strong>with</strong><br />

extensive tidal flats, mixed siliciclastic-carbonate deposition, strong tidal influence, and <strong>with</strong><br />

reworking <strong>of</strong> carbonate materials. Continuing studies are on reservoir compartmentalization in<br />

this unit.<br />

SESSION NO. 12<br />

12-4 2:30 PM Malgieri, Thomas J. [218065]<br />

PRELIMINARY REVISION OF THE SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY AND NOMENCLATURE OF<br />

THE UPPER MAYSVILLIAN-LOWER RICHMONDIAN STRATA EXPOSED IN KENTUCKY<br />

MALGIERI, Thomas J., Department <strong>of</strong> Geology, University <strong>of</strong> Cincinnati, 500 Geology/<br />

Physics Building, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, Malgietj@mail.uc.edu, BRETT, Carlton E.,<br />

Department <strong>of</strong> Geology, University <strong>of</strong> Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, THOMKA,<br />

James R., Department <strong>of</strong> Geology, University <strong>of</strong> Cincinnati, 500 Geology-Physics Building,<br />

University <strong>of</strong> Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45220, and AUCOIN, Christopher D., Department <strong>of</strong><br />

Geology, University <strong>of</strong> Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45211-0013<br />

Late Ordovician (Katian) strata <strong>of</strong> Kentucky, in the Cincinnati Arch region, display a regional<br />

change in lithologic and faunal gradients corresponding to a southeast-shallowing epicontinental<br />

ramp. While a detailed sequence stratigraphic framework has been established for the lower<br />

Cincinnatian, that <strong>of</strong> the upper Maysvillian-lower Richmondian succession <strong>of</strong> northern and<br />

central Kentucky has not been studied in detail. Moreover, locally and inconsistently applied<br />

lithostratigraphic terms reflecting facies changes along the ramp have complicated precise<br />

subdivisions <strong>of</strong> sequences into component cycles and inhibited recognition <strong>of</strong> regionally<br />

consistent patterns.<br />

This study uses high-resolution facies analysis and tracing <strong>of</strong> distinctive stratigraphic<br />

markers including biostromal horizons, rhythmic intervals, erosion and flooding surfaces, and<br />

distinctive fossil epiboles across lith<strong>of</strong>acies and nomenclatorial boundaries to reveal stratigraphic<br />

consistencies largely overlooked by previous researchers. By using these methods, it is possible<br />

to refine the depositional sequences whilst creating a nomenclature that can be applied more<br />

consistently throughout the region. Preliminary results indicate that much <strong>of</strong> the past terminology<br />

can be retained and refined, allowing the use <strong>of</strong> one unified set <strong>of</strong> names on the member<br />

scale level that will be integrated into formations. This will allow easier correlations along the<br />

Cincinnati arch. Moreover, this will lead to a refined sequence stratigraphic framework for a better<br />

understating <strong>of</strong> depositional environments and changes in faunal gradients. Because these<br />

sequences span <strong>of</strong>fshore to peritidal facies they provide the possibility <strong>of</strong> testing for changes in<br />

sequences and their component systems tracts across a proximal-distal gradient. Finally, the<br />

beds record the onset <strong>of</strong> the Richmondian invasion and high-resolution stratigraphy will provide a<br />

framework to examine the details <strong>of</strong> this important ecological evolutionary event.<br />

12-5 2:50 PM Huck, Scott W. [218674]<br />

INFLUENCE OF STORM WAVE BASE FLUCTUATIONS ON CARBONATE SHELF FACIES IN<br />

THE ORDOVICIAN POINT PLEASANT FORMATION (CENTRAL OHIO)<br />

HUCK, Scott W. and EVANS, James E., Department <strong>of</strong> Geology, Bowling Green State<br />

University, Bowling Green, OH 43403, shuck@bgsu.edu<br />

The Ordovician Point Pleasant Formation is interpreted as a deepening-upward carbonate shelf<br />

sequence in central Ohio, based on analysis <strong>of</strong> the Chevron 1A Prudential core (#3410120196)<br />

at the Ohio <strong>Geological</strong> Survey H.R. Collins Core Laboratory. Lith<strong>of</strong>acies <strong>of</strong> the Point Pleasant<br />

Formation are a mixed siliclastic and carbonate depositional system. The base <strong>of</strong> the Point<br />

Pleasant Formation (above the Trenton Limestone) is dominated by carbonate tempestites,<br />

which are interpreted as evidence for shallow-water shelf conditions (above storm wave base).<br />

The carbonate tempestites are composed <strong>of</strong> undulated skeletal grainstones (Cgu) that are 2 cm<br />

thick, light grey, undulated, and are composed primarily <strong>of</strong> brachiopod shells. Above the skeletal<br />

grainstones are carbonaceous calcareous wackstones (Cw) that are 2-4 cm thick, organic rich,<br />

dark brown/black, and contain sparse amounts <strong>of</strong> fossil fauna. The Point Pleasant Formation<br />

then transitions upward to mostly mixed siliclastic and carbonate pelagic rhythmites, which is<br />

interpreted as evidence for deeper water conditions (below storm wave base). The rhythmites<br />

are composed <strong>of</strong> siltstone (SS) that is light grey, fine grained, and thinly bedded (

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