Abstract
An assemblage of highly brecciated organic fragments at the contact of the Middle Ordovician Annville and Myerstown Formations in the Lebanon Valley nappe, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, was found to have maximum reflectances generally exceeding 8% R, with the highest values approaching 13% R. Such reflectance values are consistent with greenschist facies metamorphism, the latter supported by metamorphic mineral assemblages. Brecciation and metamorphism of the organics probably occurred at the time of the emplacement of the nappe during the Ordovician Taconic orogeny. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 221-230 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | International Journal of Coal Geology |
Volume | 42 |
Issue number | 2-3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2000 |
Keywords
- Appalachians
- Greenschist facies
- Ordovician
- Organic metamorphism
- Pennsylvania
- Taconic orogeny
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Fuel Technology
- Geology
- Economic Geology
- Stratigraphy