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Red Eagle Formation

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Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Purpose and scope of investigation

Previous work

Area of investigation

Methods of investigation

Acknowledgments

Stratigraphy

Structural setting

Stratigraphic relations

Johnson Shale

Red Eagle Limestone

Glenrock Limestone Member

Bennett Shale Member

Howe Limestone Member

Roca Shale

Mineralogy

Paleontology

Paleobotany

Palcozoology

Stratigraphic paleontology

Palcoecology

Marine plants

Calcareous algae

Marine and brackish-water plants

Charophytes

Spores

Carbonized terrestrial plant material

Marine animals

Foraminifers

Bryozoans

Brachiopods

Gastropods

Cephalopods

Pelecypods

Worms

Ostracodes

Crinoids

Echinoids

Conodonts and fish remains

Cyclothemic nature of the faunal assemblages

Paleosedimentation

Deposition of the Johnson Shale

Deposition of the Red Eagle Limestone

Glenrock Limestone Member

Bennett Shale Member

Howe Limestone Member

Deposition of the Roca Shale

Cyclothemic nature of the sedimentary facies

Summary of major facies in the Red Eagle cyclothem

Red shale facies

Green shale facies

Black shale facies

Fusuline limestone facies

Bioclastic limestone facies

Conglomeratic-bioclastic limestone facies

Shelly shale-limestone facies

Algal limestone facies

Osagite limestone facies

Aphanitic limestone facies

Diagenesis

Environmental history of the Red Eagle cyclothem

Conclusions

Selected references

Appendix

Descriptions of sampled Red Eagle cyclothem sections


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