The Catskill Delta

The Catskill Delta
Author: Donald L. Woodrow
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Total Pages: 256
Release: 1985
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0813722012

The Catskill Delta

The Catskill Delta
Author: William a Szary
Publisher:
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2020-04-10
Genre:
ISBN:

The Catksill Delta consists of many lobes shed from the rising Acadia Mountains during the Devonian Period. The delta is composed of a combination of marine and non-marine sediments that accumulated along the shoreline of the Kaskaskia Sea. The book attempts to draw together the sedimentary processes which shaped the delta along the western Acadia Mountain.Chapter 1 summarizes the Acadian Orogeny, its paleogeography including the Avalonian terranes. It provides a review of orogenic events, collisions, tectophases, the Acadian foreland basin, delta complex, and a brief discussion of the Kaskaskia Sea. Chapter 2 begins the discussion of the Catskill Delta Complex, addressing the paleo-continental setting, reconstruction, and summarizes paleo-magnetic tectonic models. Chapter 3 presents the Catskill deltaic clastic deposition including the Catskill Formation, paleogeography, paleo-cllimate, and sedimentary processes. Chapter 4 presents the Catskill delta basin facies development controls including its paleogeography, paleo-climate, tectonic regime, origin of black basinal facies, and three phases belonging to a proposed climate model. Chapter 5 addresses the shallow marine and non-marine strata. Chapter 6 discusses unusual marginal marine lithofacies. Chapter 7 summarizes the quantitative interpretation of ancient river systems in the Oneonta Formation of the Catskill megafacies. The book ends with Chapter 8 discussing the Upper Devonian turbidite sequence of central and southern Appalachian Basin and contrasts it with submarine fan deposits.

The Catskills

The Catskills
Author: Robert Titus
Publisher:
Total Pages: 132
Release: 1998
Genre: History
ISBN:

A guide for the layperson to the geology of New York State's Catskill Mountains.

Wetlands Through Time

Wetlands Through Time
Author: Stephen F. Greb
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2006-01-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 081372399X

The Initiation, Propagation, and Arrest of Joints and Other Fractures

The Initiation, Propagation, and Arrest of Joints and Other Fractures
Author: John W. Cosgrove
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2004
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9781862391659

This volume is a state of the art look at our understanding of joint development in the crust. Answers are provided for such questions as the mechanisms by which joints are initiated, the factors controlling the path they follow during the propagation process, and the processes responsible for the arrest of joints. Many of the answers to these questions can be inferred from the geometry of joint surface morphology and joint patterns. Joints are a record of the orientation of stress at the time of propagation and as such they are also useful records of ancient stress fields, regional and local. Because outcrop and subsurface views of joints are limited, statistical techniques are required to characterize joints and joint sets. Finally, joints are subject to post-propagation stresses that further localize deformation and are the focus for the development of new structures.