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Geology of Southern OklahomaGeology of Southern OklahomaGroup #6
Ronnie Miller
Amy Miller
Kim Scott
Kristi Birdsong
Hannah Benson
Amy Benson
Reina Womack
Tammara Cook
Brenda Wright
Lee Vertrees
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Sedimentary Rocks Sedimentary Rocks of Bryan Countyof Bryan County
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Quaternary PeriodQuaternary Period
• Alluvium• 20-30 ft deep• Sediment that will eventually form conglomerate
rocks• 10,000 years –present• Qt
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Cretaceous PeriodCretaceous Period
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Dexter SandstoneDexter Sandstone
• 85-90 ft thick• Kwd• Shallow ocean formation• Natural Aquifer• Yellow brown, iron
containing sedimentary rock
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Bennington LimestoneBennington Limestone
• 7-13 feet thick• Kb• Deep Ocean
Formation• Hard limestone
w/fossil• Blue-gray, very
dense, fossilized limestone
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Fossilized Bennington LimestoneFossilized Bennington Limestone
• 7-13 feet thick• Kb• Deep Ocean Formation• Hard limestone w/fossil• Blue-gray, very dense,
fossilized limestone
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Pawpaw SandstonePawpaw Sandstone
• 40-45 feet thick• Kbp• Youngest of the
Bokchito Formation
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Evidence of SandstoneEvidence of Sandstone
• Sandstone is permeable to water. Natural Aquifer
• Plant Growth– Willow Trees– Mimosa Tres– Cat tails– Horse tail rush
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Soper LimestoneSoper Limestone
• 0-2 feet thick• Kbs• Deep Ocean Deposit• Gray, fossilized
limestone
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Caddo FormationCaddo Formation
• 150-160 feet thick• Kc• Alternating layers of
limestone and shale• Cream colored
limestone, gray colored shale
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Kiamichi FormationKiamichi Formation
• 30-40 feet thick• Kk• Deep Ocean
Formation• Dark-gray to black
limestone• Fossilized with
ammonites
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Geology of Johnston CountyGeology of Johnston County
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Antlers SandstoneAntlers Sandstone
• 250-600 feet thick• Ka• Poorly cemented,
unfossilized, white to yellow sandstone
• Used by Cardinal Glass in Durant
• Also used as frac sand by oil companies
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Wapanuka FormationWapanuka Formation
• Limestone and Shale interbedded
• Shallow Ocean formation
• Calcium Carbonate from coral reefs
• Crinoids fossils abundant
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Springer FormationSpringer Formation
• Limestone on the ground
• Lichens tend to grow on limestone giving them a darker appearance
• Found at the edge of the Arbuckle-Simpson Aquifer
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Woodford ShaleWoodford Shale
• Dark colored shale• Presence of phosphate
nodules• Natural gas deposits are
found in Woodford shale• MDsw• Deep Ocean Deposit• 360-408 million years
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DolomiteDolomite
• Thick deposit of Magnesium Carbonate
• Ocm• 438-500 million years
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GranodioriteGranodiorite
• P€gr• Medium-grained
hornblende-biotite
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Troy GraniteTroy Granite
• P€tr
• Medium-grained pink granite
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Tishomingo GraniteTishomingo Granite
• 1.37 billion years• P€ti
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Granitic GneissGranitic Gneiss
• 1.39 billion years • P€gg
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Trip Through the Arbuckles
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Anticlines
• Form when convergent forces in the earth fold rock layers upward.
• Causing the oldest layers at the core with younger layers progressing outward from the core
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Synclines
• Form when convergent forces in the earth fold rock layers downward.
• Causing the oldest layers at the core with younger layers progressing outward from the core
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Faults
• Occur where forces inside earth have caused layers to break and fall at different angles.
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Collins Ranch Conglomerate
• IPcr• 3000 ft thick est.
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Woodford Shale
• MDw• Blake shale
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Viola Group
• Limestones that form steep resistant ridges
• Ov• 684 feet thick
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Oil Creek Formation
• Basal Sandstone• Ooc• 747 ft thick
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Joins Formation
• Thin bedded, fossiliferous light gray limestone
• Oj• 294 feet thick
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West Spring Creek Limestone
• 284 ft thick• Ow• Mostly gray to tan
limestones
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Butterly Dolomite
• Oldest member of the upper Arbuckle group
• Ob
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Sylvian Shale
• Mostly olive green plastic to fissile clay shale
• Os• At contact zone with
Keel Limestone of the Hunton Group
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Kindblade Formation
• Gray, fine grained limestone
• Ok• 1440 feet thick
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Royer Dolomite
• Only Cambrian sample• Pink to gray massive
dolomite• Cry