Showing posts with label Serpukhovian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Serpukhovian. Show all posts

Thursday, May 23, 2019

052319d


Dolomitized limestone (pink=calcite stained with alizarin red S; white and gray= dolomite), early dolomite formed under exposure surface at top of upward-shoaling cycle, Mississippian (Serpukhovian, Chesterian) Bangor Limestone, a few meters above a carbonate mound, near Moulton Alabama, thin-section photomicrograph,

052319c


Inversely graded breccia in Bangor Limestone (Mississippian, Serpukhovian, Chesterian), Vulcan Materials quarry near Scottsboro Alabama. Scale in inches.

052319b



Fossil soil, a paleosol, Mississippian Bangor Limestone, Vulcan Materials quarry, Scottsboro Alabama, scales in inches and centimeters.