Type of Document	Dissertation
Author	Smith, Langhorne Bullitt
URN	etd-05202008-115022
Title	High-Resolution Sequence Stratigraphy of Late Mississippian (Chesterian) Mixed Carbonates and Siliciclastics, lliinois Basin
Degree	PhD
Department	Geosciences
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Read, James Fredrick Committee Chair Bambach, Richard K. Committee Member Eriksson, Kenneth A. Committee Member Glover, Lynn III Committee Member Goodwin, P. W. Committee Member
Keywords	Mississippian sequence stratigraphy mixed carbonatesiliciclastic glacio-eustasy
Date of Defense	1996-11-01
Availability	restricted
Abstract Eight 4th-order (-400 k.y.) disconformity-bounded mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sequences were deposited in the tectonically-active, tide-dominated Illinois basin during the Late Mississippian greenhouse to icehouse transition. Detailed, lithologic crosssections were constructed through the Chesterian Ste. Genevieve through Glen Dean interval which show an upward change in character from carbonate-dominated sequences bounded by caliche and breccia paleosols to mixed-carbonate siliciclastic sequences bounded by red, slickensided mudrock paleosols and incised valleys. The 4th-order sequences are composed of 5th-order parasequences that can be correlated basin-wide. Parasequences in the basal, dominantly carbonate sequences are composed of patchy ooid grainstone tidal ridge reservoir facies which interfinger with skeletal limestone and are capped by laterally extensive muddy carbonate units. Parasequences in the overlying mixed carbonate siliciclastic interval commonly have basal quartz sandstone valley fill and tidal sand ridge reservoir facies overlain by skeletal limestone and shale-dominated siliciclastics.
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