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Mineralogy and diagenesis of the Pennsylvanian Browning Sandstone on the western shelf of the Illinois Basin

by: Moore, Duane Milton, 1933-; Illinois State Geological Survey

Publication date: 2003

Topics: Diagenesis, Mineralogy, Sandstone

Publisher: Champaign, Ill. : Illinois State Geological Survey

Collection: university_of_illinois_urbana-champaign; americana

Contributor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Language: English

Volume: Information circular / Illinois State Geological Survey ; [no. 561]

The clay minerals, mica and feldspars of Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian) Browning Sandstone indicate that diagenetic processes have been operating at less intensity but for a longer time period at significantly lower temperatures throughout the Illinois Basin

Abstract. -- Introduction. -- Geologic setting. -- Methods. -- Results. -- Discussion: Feldspars, Mica and Illite [and] Clay Mineralogy. -- Summary and conclusions. -- Acknowledgments. -- References

Includes bibliographical references (p. 11-13)