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Palaeoecology of the middle to late Cambrian Rogersville Shale, Conasauga Group, eastern Tennessee

Thesis advisor: Paul Strother / The Rogersville Shale of the Middle to Late Cambrian Conasauga Group was deposited on the margins of Laurentia, in what is now eastern Tennessee. Based on 21 thin section samples from the ORNL-Joy2, core five distinct microlithofacies are described, trace fossils characterized, and palynological data interpreted. This investigation concluded that the Rogersville Shale was deposited in a shallow, restricted marine or possibly estuarine environment that would have been exposed to terrestrial runoff. Previous work on the Conasauga Group placed deposition of the Rogersville Shale within an intercratonic basin in approximately 250m of water, perhaps significantly deeper. This investigation found that the Rogersville Shale was likely deposited in a lagoonal setting or restricted estuarine environment that had freshwater input. / Thesis (MS) — Boston College, 2008. / Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: Geology and Geophysics.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:BOSTON/oai:dlib.bc.edu:bc-ir_101304
Date January 2008
CreatorsCampbell, Leslie Ann
PublisherBoston College
Source SetsBoston College
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, thesis
Formatelectronic, application/pdf
RightsCopyright is held by the author, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise noted.

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