Integrated loessite-paleokarst depositional system, early Pennsylvanian Molas Formation, Paradox Basin, southwestern Colorado, U.S.A

• Published in: Sedimentary geology Vol. 195; no. 3; pp. 161 - 181
• Main Authors: Evans, James E., Reed, Jason M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.03.2007
• Subjects: Loessite; Marine; Paleoclimatology; Paleohydrology; Paleokarst; Terra rossa; USA, Paradox Basin; USA, Colorado; Loessite; Terra rossa; Paleokarst; Paleoclimatology; Paleohydrology

Mississippian paleokarst served as a dust trap for the oldest known Paleozoic loessite in North America. The early Pennsylvanian Molas Formation consists of loessite facies (sorted, angular, coarse-grained quartz siltstone), infiltration facies (loess redeposited as cave sediments within paleokarst...