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Document Type
Research
Keywords
Stratigraphy, Devonian Paleogeography, Cedar Valley Formation
Abstract
Nine stratigraphic sections of the Cedar Valley Formation were studied in Black Hawk, Buchanan and Benton counties in an attempt to better interpret the environment of deposition of the formation. Key environmental criteria for the interpretation of shallow water carbonate environments were recognized in the Cedar Valley Formation in the study area. The environment of deposition of the Solon Member is interpreted as entirely subtidal. The environment of deposition of the Rapid Member ranged from shallow subtidal to intertidal. The Coralville Member is interpreted as having been deposited in an environment that ranged from very shallow subtidal to intertidal and supratidal.
Publication Date
December 1974
Journal Title
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science
Volume
81
Issue
4
First Page
135
Last Page
142
Copyright
©1974 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Anderson, Wayne I. and Wiig, Stephen V.
(1974)
"Environment of Deposition of the Cedar Valley Formation in the Vicinity of Black Hawk County, Iowa,"
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 81(4), 135-142.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol81/iss4/3