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Geologic Unit: North Milton
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  • Usage in publication:
    • North Milton paleosol
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Paleosol
    • Claystone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Driese, S.G., Mora, C.I., and Cotter, Edward, 1993, North Milton paleosol, Bloomsburg Formation near Milton, Pennsylvania, IN Driese, S.G., ed., Paleosols, paleoclimate and paleoatmospheric CO2; Paleozoic paleosols of central Pennsylvania: University of Tennessee, Department of Geological Sciences Studies in Geology, no. 22, p. 115-123.


Summary:

Bloomsburg paleosol "cycles" consist of a basal, sharp marine erosional surface that truncates the subjacent paleosol, followed by a red interval that includes symmetrical wave ripple-laminated sandstone and bioturbated siltstone, which is then succeeded upward by red claystone with abundant pedogenic slickensides. Cycle 6 at the North Milton locality is designated North Milton paleosol. Soil is a 3.4-m-thick claystone. Age of the Bloomsburg and its North Milton paleosol is Late Silurian.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


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