Paleoclimatic and tectonic control on the accumulation of North American cratonic sediment

Research Article| July 01, 1994 Paleoclimatic and tectonic control on the accumulation of North American cratonic sediment JOHN P. BERRY; JOHN P. BERRY 1Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1063 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar BRUCE H. WILKINSON BRUCE H. WILKINSON 1Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1063 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information JOHN P. BERRY 1Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1063 BRUCE H. WILKINSON 1Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1063 Publisher: Geological Society of America First Online: 01 Jun 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2674 Print ISSN: 0016-7606 Geological Society of America GSA Bulletin (1994) 106 (7): 855–865. https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1994)106<0855:PATCOT>2.3.CO;2 Article history First Online: 01 Jun 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation JOHN P. BERRY, BRUCE H. WILKINSON; Paleoclimatic and tectonic control on the accumulation of North American cratonic sediment. GSA Bulletin 1994;; 106 (7): 855–865. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1994)106<0855:PATCOT>2.3.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGSA Bulletin Search Advanced Search Abstract Variation in accumulation rate as a function of depositional latitude has been determined for North American limestone, dolostone, sand-stone, gray-black shale, red shale, and evaporite rocks from tabulations by Ronov and co-workers, from data in lexicons of United States and Canadian stratigraphy, and from isopach and lithofacies maps published in 1975 by Cook and Bally. Phanerozoic sediment is similar to that on other continents, consisting of 63% terrigenous elastic facies (23% sandstone; 40% shale), 36% carbonate, and 1% chert, evaporite, and other minor rock types.Latitudinal variation in accumulation rate is influenced primarily by past positions of foreland and intracratonic basins. Additional variation related to paleoclimate is recorded as strong dependence of limestone, dolostone, red shale, and evaporite deposition on latitudes of accumulation, a relation reflecting the importance of ambient temperature and meteoric precipitation on the formation of various authigenic phases.Poleward increase in dolostone/total carbonate ratio in both hemispheres implicates the importance of syndepositional diagenesis in the formation of most dolostone sequences. The ratio of sandstone/total terrigenous clastic sediment exhibits little variation with latitude, a constancy indicating that most sand and mud is derived from older sediment rather than from the weathering of crystalline rock. As a result, terrigenous lithofacies record little climatic influence in the proportional delivery of mechanically versus chemically derived weathering products to basins of accumulation. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.