The Trout Valley Formation of Emsian–Eifelian age in northern Maine hosts evidence of early vascular plant communities interpreted as having colonized wetland, estuarine environments. To date, collections made under permits issued by the Baxter State Park Commission, originate from outcrop along Trout Brook, its tributaries, and poorly exposed lithologies inside the woodlands. Construction of a...

Abstract X-ray computed tomography (CT) can reveal internal, three-dimensional details of objects in a non-destructive way and provide high-resolution, quantitative data the form CT numbers. The sensitivity number to changes material density means that it may be used identify lithology within cores sedimentary rocks. present pilot study confirms use Representative Elementary Volume (REV) quanti...

In order to investigate the fracturing of the bedrock and its possible heterogeneous distribution in situ, four boreholes equipped with double-U geothermal pipes of 100 m long were installed on the campus of the University of Liege (Liege, Belgium) over a surface area of 32 m2. The bedrock, which starts at a depth approximately of 8 m, is quite fractured and consists mainly of siltstone and sha...

Douglas Creek arch in western Colorado and eastern Utah separates the Uinta and Piceance Creek basins. During deposition of the lower part of the Eocene Green River Formation, the arch provided a physical barrier dividing ancient Lake Uinta into two segments. As the lake expanded, the arch became a shoal area where marginal-lacustrine and mud flat sediment was deposited. Near the end of Green R...

Diagenetic models for silt-rich mudstone (siltstone) are less advanced than those sandstone and clay-rich mudstone. In addition, the influences of diagenetic processes on reservoir quality in siltstone formations poorly understood. Here we examine roles depositional facies, detrital composition, compositional evolution Lower Triassic Montney Formation, a prominent siltstone-dominated western Ca...

A new ichnogenus and ichnospecies of burrow, Katbergia carltonichnus, are described from Upper Permian and Lower Triassic rocks of the Karoo Basin, South Africa, where they are preserved in pedogenically modified overbank deposits that are interpreted as inceptisols subsequently gleysol overprinted. Sigmoidal burrows consist of a long (‡0.5 m) cylindrical tube, ranging from 1–2 cm in diameter, ...