Abstract
The search for KOBE; locating the Kinderhook-Osage boundary excursion in the Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri tri-state area
Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, Vol.53(3)
Geological Society of America, North-Central Section, South-Central Section, 55th annual meeting
04/2021
DOI: 10.1130/abs/2021NC-362870
Abstract
The Early Mississippian was an intriguing time in Earth's history as it was marked by significant changes in the ocean-atmosphere-biosphere system. This interval followed the end-Devonian mass extinction, and records two of the largest positive delta (super 13) C excursions of the Phanerozoic; the Hangenberg excursion (which occurs at the Devonian-Mississippian boundary) and the Kinderhook-Osage Boundary Excursion (KOBE) which marks the K-O boundary. Some of the best exposed Lower Mississippian strata in the world are located in the US mid-continent, notably the Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri tri-state region, which includes the type area for the Kinderhookian Stage. Despite the significance of these strata, this stratigraphic interval is poorly refined in the tri-state region due to the sub-Burlington unconformity, a southeastward expanding hiatal surface present at the K-O boundary. Through integration of sequence stratigraphy, delta (super 13) C chemostratigraphy, and conodont biostratigraphy, this study aims to create a new high-resolution chronostratigraphic framework for the Lower Mississippian of the tri-state area in order to more precisely refine the K-O boundary and the KOBE. This is achieved through integration of subsurface data from cores across central and southeast Iowa with outcrop data from the type sections near the Mississippi River. Preliminary results indicate the sub-Burlington unconformity is more expanded than previously thought in northeast Missouri, where the entire KOBE is absent. However, data from the central Iowa subsurface reveal a more continuous succession across the K-O boundary interval. Unexpectedly there appears to be less missing time in the up-ramp strata of central Iowa than in the classical type areas along the Mississippi River.
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- Title: Subtitle
- The search for KOBE; locating the Kinderhook-Osage boundary excursion in the Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri tri-state area
- Creators
- Matthew Braun - University of IowaMadysen H. GilbertBrittany StolfusBradley CramerRyan ClarkJames DayBrian WitzkeNicholas HogancampStephanie Tassier-Surine
- Resource Type
- Abstract
- Publication Details
- Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, Vol.53(3)
- Conference
- Geological Society of America, North-Central Section, South-Central Section, 55th annual meeting
- Publisher
- Geological Society of America (GSA)
- DOI
- 10.1130/abs/2021NC-362870
- ISSN
- 0016-7592
- Alternative title
- Geological Society of America, North-Central Section, South-Central Section, 55th annual meeting
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/2021
- Academic Unit
- Earth and Environmental Sciences; Iowa Geological Survey; IIHR--Hydroscience and Engineering; International Programs
- Record Identifier
- 9984702713402771
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