Publication: [1465] Stratigraphy, petrology, and paleogeography of the Mauch Chunk Formation in south-central and western Pennsylvania




Documented Paleocurrents


# Continental Area Stratigraphic Level Total Records Period Latitude Longitude Tectonic Plate Deposition Environment Paleocurrent Type Lithology Formation
1 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 35 25775 40.07 -79.73 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
2 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 35 25775 39.82 -78.98 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
3 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 35 25775 39.85 -78.78 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
4 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 35 25775 40.08 -78.28 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
5 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 35 25775 40.22 -78.22 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
6 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 35 25775 40.3 -78.03 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
7 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 35 25775 40.3 -79.33 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
8 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 35 25775 39.85 -78.78 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
9 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 35 25775 39.78 -79.2 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
10 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 35 25775 40.3 -78.12 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
11 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 35 25775 39.95 -78.67 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
12 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 35 25775 40.38 -78.84 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
13 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 35 25775 40 -78.2 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
14 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 35 25775 40.4 -78.98 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
15 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 35 25775 40.13 -78.09 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
16 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 35 25775 40.27 -78.08 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
17 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 35 25775 40.22 -78.08 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
18 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 35 25775 40.11 -78.1 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
19 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 35 25775 40.2 -78.1 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
20 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 35 25775 40.3 -78.07 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
21 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 35 25775 40.22 -78.05 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
22 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 35 25775 40.3 -78.15 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
23 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 35 25775 40.17 -78.25 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
24 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 35 25775 40.42 -79.17 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
25 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 35 25775 39.87 -79.68 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
26 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 35 25775 40.03 -78.77 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
27 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 35 25775 40.2 -79.15 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
28 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 35 25775 39.7 -78.83 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
29 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 35 25775 40.28 -78.09 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
30 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 35 25775 40.12 -78.29 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
31 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 35 25775 40.12 -78.2 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
32 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 35 25775 39.7 -78.83 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
33 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 35 25775 40.48 -78.5 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
34 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 35 25775 40.48 -78.5 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
35 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 35 25775 40.27 -78.08 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
36 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 35 25775 39.83 -78.75 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone