Structure of the Des Moines Series at Redfield, Iowa

Authors

C. S. Gwynne, Iowa State CollegeFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

In southwestern Dallas County, in the vicinity of Redfield and for several miles farther east along the Raccoon River, there are exposures of sandstones and shales of the Des Moines series. These were studied by Leonard who concluded that the strata were not flat lying nor with a gentle southwest dip, but assumed the form of an anticline of presumably north-south axis in the vicinity of Redfield. He based this conclusion upon an apparent rise of a prominent sandstone member along the Raccoon River west toward Redfield, upon the non-appearance, at Redfield, of beds found in sections east and west along the river, and upon the presence of fracture cleavage in one of the outcrops of the sandstone.

Publication Date

1933

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

40

Issue

1

First Page

127

Last Page

130

Copyright

©1933 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Gwynne, C. S. (1933) "Structure of the Des Moines Series at Redfield, Iowa," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 40(1), 127-130.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol40/iss1/61