Tectonic Dolomites: Kentucky River Fault Zone Field Trip 14-Jun-2000


Contact: Brandon Nuttall


Notes:
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  4. "Black and Haney, 1975" is Black, D.F.B., and Haney, D.C., 1975, Selected Structural features and associated dolostone occurrences in the vicinity of the Kentucky River Fault System, Annual Field Conference of the Geological Society of Kentucky: Kentucky Geological Survey, Lexington, 27 pages (with plates). The Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view the document.
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Photo Credits: All photos by Brandon C. Nuttall, Kentucky Geological Survey

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Yes 2 T-dolostone body, Hwy 627 roadcut (looking NW)
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No 2 T-dolostone body, Hwy 627 roadcut (looking NW)
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No 2 Structure across road from main body (looking SE)
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No 2 Structure across road from main body (looking SE)
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No 2 Dolomite filled vugs in fracture, SE side of road cut
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No 2 Dolomite filled vugs in fracture, SE side of road cut
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No 2 Edge of T-dolostone body
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No 2 Edge of T-dolostone body
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No 2 Saddle dolomite in vugs in T-dolostone body
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No 2 T-dolostone body, Hwy 627 roadcut (looking NW)
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No 2 Detail of main mass of T-dolostone body
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No 2 Detail of main mass of T-dolostone body
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Yes 2 Saddle dolomite in vugs in T-dolostone body.
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No 2 View of T-dolostone body from top of opposite roadcut.
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Yes 2 View of T-dolostone body from top of opposite roadcut.
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Yes 3 Brachiosponge collected by J Allen (landowner) from creek next to his house.
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Yes 3 Brachiosponge collected by J Allen (landowner) from creek next to his house.
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Yes 4 Oil-filled vugs from Ordovician Calloway Creek
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No 4 Oil-filled vugs from Ordovician Calloway Creek
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Yes 5 Dipping beds in creek, local expression of the Kentucky River Fault Zone
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No 9 Oregon (left) upthrown against Lexington-type (right) lithologies in the KYRFZ at intersection of Hwys 627 and 1924
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No 9 Mineralized fractures in Oregon (see differential erosion especially at knee level)
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No 9 Mineralized fractures in Ordovician Oregon
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No 9 Rubble zone on downthrown side of Kentucky River Fault Zone (KYRFZ)
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No 9 KYRFZ at intersection of Hwys 627 and 1924
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No 9 KYRFZ at intersection of Hwys 627 and 1924
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No 9 Growth faulting in Lexington, displacement evident in Tanglewood Ls (see Black and Haney, 1975, fig. 4, p. 8)
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No 9 Growth faulting in Lexington, displacement evident in Tanglewood Ls (see Black and Haney, 1975, fig. 4, p. 8)
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No 10 Bentonites in highwall of abandoned quarry on road to Halls on the River (restaurant)
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Yes 10 Bentonites in highwall of abandoned quarry on road to Halls on the River (restaurant)

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Created 19-Jul-2000