An Appalachian isochron: a kaolinized carboniferous air-fall volcanic-ash deposit (tonstein)

The Fire Clay tonstein is a kaolinized, airfall volcanic ash bed that was deposited in a widespread late Carboniferous peat-forming mire. Eleven samples from Kentucky and West Virginia, spanning a distance of 200 km, and two samples from Tennessee and Virginia indicate a characteristic mineralogical...

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Hauptverfasser: Lyons, Paul C. (VerfasserIn) , Outerbridge, William F. (VerfasserIn) , Triplehorn, D. M. (VerfasserIn) , Evans, Howard D., jr. (VerfasserIn) , Congdon, Roger D. (VerfasserIn) , Capiro, Mirtha (VerfasserIn) , Hess, Jürgen C. (VerfasserIn) , Nash, William P. (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 1992
In: The Geological Society of America bulletin
Year: 1992, Jahrgang: 104, Heft: 11, Pages: 1515-1527
ISSN:1943-2674
DOI:10.1130/0016-7606(1992)104<1515:AAIAKC>2.3.CO;2
Online-Zugang:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1992)104<1515:AAIAKC>2.3.CO;2
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Verfasserangaben:Lyons, Paul C., Outerbridge, William F., Triplehorn, D. M., Evans, Howard D., jr., Congdon, Roger D., Capiro, Mirtha, Hess, J.C., Nash, William P.

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