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The Arkansas Coal Measures in Their Relation to the Pacific Carboniferous Province.[1]
Contents.
- Introduction.
- Comparison with the Permo-Carboniferous of Kansas and Nebraska.
- Relations to the Texas Upper Carboniferous.
- Comparison with Foreign Upper Carboniferous.
- Classification and Age of the Arkansas Coal Measures.
- The Pacific Carboniferous Sea.
- The Permian Pacific Ocean.
- The Triassic Pacific Ocean.
- Correlation table of the Arkansas Coal Measures with the Pacific Carboniferous Province.
Introduction.
Marine fossils of Coal Measure age were found by the Geological Survey of Arkansas in eighteen places, fourteen in the lower division and four in the upper. These localities extend from Independence county westward to Indian Territory, and
- ↑ From an unpublished report of the Geological Survey of Arkansas, by permission of the Director, John C. Branner.
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