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Project Information Sheet 2004-02

Lower Pennsylvanian incised valley fills and comparison to Amazon River facies and processes

Status:	active — Definition of status type
Project Director:	Erik Kvale

Issue

Virtually nothing is known about the sediments that fill incised valleys in the lower Pennsylvanian of Indiana. Some deep paleovalleys are filled with mudstone/shale while adjacent paleovalleys are filled with coarse- to medium-grained conglomeratic sandstone.

Objective

The object of this study is to develop models to explain fill successions in incised valleys found in the Pennsylvanian of the Illinois Basin.

Approach

We will study modern analogs, which include Amazon River basin and Quaternary fill successions in Indiana, to better understand processes responsible for filling valleys.

Products

A manuscript to be submitted to SEPM Special Volume on incised valley fills (ed. by Dalrymple, Tillman, and Leckie).

Benefits

This study will aid in developing models for oil and gas exploration in deep ancient valleys in Indiana.

Locations Affected:

Fountain

Martin

Outside Indiana

Parke

Sullivan

Indiana House Districts Affected:

41 42

44 45

62 63

Information Updated February 2, 2007

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