Cherokee Group Facies

Slabbed core samples of Cherokee Group; (A) Mississipian-Pennsylvanian Unconformity; (B) Pyritic black shale, interpreted as a marsh; (C) Interlaminated sandstone and shale, interpreted as tidal rythmites; (D) Silty shale with siderite bands, interpreted as central basin of an estuary; (E) Cross ripple laminated sandy shale, interpreted as a muddy tidal flat; (F) Pedogenically altered shale, interpreted as a paleosol; (G) Phosphatic black shale, interpreted as a shelf shale; (H) Bioclastic wackestone-packstone, interpreted as open marine below wave base; (I) Peloidal grainstone, interpreted as open marine above wave base.

(A) Mississipian-Pennsylvanian Unconformity	(B) Pyritic black shale, interpreted as a marsh	(C) Interlaminated sandstone and shale, interpreted as tidal rythmites

(D) Silty shale with siderite bands, interpreted as central basin of an estuary	(E) Cross ripple laminated sandy shale, interpreted as a muddy tidal flat	(F) Pedogenically altered shale, interpreted as a paleosol

(G) Phosphatic black shale, interpreted as a shelf shale	(H) Bioclastic wackestone-packstone, interpreted as open marine below wave base	(I) Peloidal grainstone, interpreted as open marine above wave base