Abstract
The Upper Devonian Bedford-Berea sequence provided an early basis for models of epeiric sedimentation, but controversy regarding the origin of the sequence has arisen in recent years. This study utilized outcrop and subsurface data to help resolve this controversy and to identify factors that control depositional architecture in foreland basins. The Bedford-Berea is a siliciclastic succession that was deposited in the Appalachian foreland basin during a relaxational phase of the Acadian orogeny. The sequence represents a spectrum of depositional systems ranging from alluvial valleys to an oxygen-deficient basin floor and formed in response to a major forced regression that separated deposition of the Catskill and Pocono clastic wedges. -from Authors
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Reevaluation of the Bedford-Berea sequence in Ohio and adjacent states |
Subtitle of host publication | forced regression in a foreland basin |
State | Published - 1995 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Environmental Science
- General Earth and Planetary Sciences