Publication: [1524] Mississippian and Pennsylvanian cross-stratification and paleocurrents in a portion of Somerest County, Pennsylvania




Documented Paleocurrents


# Continental Area Stratigraphic Level Total Records Period Latitude Longitude Tectonic Plate Deposition Environment Paleocurrent Type Lithology Formation
1 North American Upper Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) 15 26754 39.88 -79 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone Saltsburg
2 North American Upper Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) 15 26750 39.95 -79.3 North American marine deep crossbedding sandstone Mahoning
3 North American Upper Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) 15 26730 39.92 -79.08 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
4 North American Upper Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) 15 26723 39.8 -79.4 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
5 North American Upper Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) 15 26723 39.8 -79.4 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
6 North American Upper Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) 15 26573 39.97 -79.25 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone Butler
7 North American Upper Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) 15 26572 39.92 -79.12 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone Freeport
8 North American Upper Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) 15 26571 40 -79.24 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone Worthington
9 North American Upper Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) 15 26571 39.89 -79.2 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone Worthington
10 North American Upper Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) 15 26570 39.92 -79.1 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone
11 North American Upper Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) 15 26514 39.97 -79.08 North American fluvial crossbedding sandstone
12 North American Upper Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) 15 26280 39.97 -78.8 North American marine deep crossbedding sandstone
13 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 15 25840 39.87 -79.1 North American subaerial (eolian) crossbedding sandstone
14 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 15 25041 39.88 -79.08 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone Loyalhanna
15 North American Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) 15 25013 39.88 -79.04 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone Burgoon