Abstract
Limestone aggregate resources in northeast Kansas; integrated lithostratigraphy, stable isotope chemostratigraphy, and cathodoluminescence as a tool to evaluate current and potential aggregate resources in Miami County, Kansas
Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, Vol.44(7), p.130
Geological Society of America, 2012 annual meeting
11/2012
Abstract
Suburban expansion into historically dominant limestone aggregate producing areas of southwest metropolitan Kansas City (e.g., Johnson County, Kansas), has begun to limit future development and production of these resources. Tracing traditionally quarried units, such as the Pennsylvanian limestones of the Wyandotte Limestone Formation, southward into less developed Miami County has revealed aggregates of poorer quality that frequently do not pass specification requirements. Initial data indicate pervasive diagenesis of the Wyandotte Limestone Fm. throughout much of Miami County. Whereas the Wyandotte Limestone Fm. has traditionally passed specifications as a Class A aggregate in Johnson County, it rapidly turns into a friable iron oxidized sulfide-stained unit passing into Miami County. It appears that both significant oxidative and reducing fluids in multiple generations of diagenesis have degraded the Wyandotte Limestone Fm. through both modern and ancient diagenetic processes. Preliminary lithostratigraphic, stable isotope chemostratigraphic (delta (super 13) C and delta (super 18) O), and cathodoluminescence petrographic studies suggest the Wyandotte Limestone Fm. in Miami County experienced both extensive meteoric and hydrothermal alteration, significantly reducing this unit's suitability as an aggregate resource.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Limestone aggregate resources in northeast Kansas; integrated lithostratigraphy, stable isotope chemostratigraphy, and cathodoluminescence as a tool to evaluate current and potential aggregate resources in Miami County, Kansas
- Creators
- Stephan Oborny - University of KansasBradley D CramerGreg A LudvigsonRobert Henthorne
- Resource Type
- Abstract
- Publication Details
- Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, Vol.44(7), p.130
- Conference
- Geological Society of America, 2012 annual meeting
- Publisher
- Geological Society of America (GSA)
- ISSN
- 0016-7592
- Alternative title
- Geological Society of America, 2012 annual meeting
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/2012
- Academic Unit
- Earth and Environmental Sciences; International Programs; Office Of The Provost
- Record Identifier
- 9984240790902771
Metrics
3 Record Views