Earth:Schooley peneplain
The Schooley peneplain is a peneplain in the eastern Appalachians extending from the US state of New Jersey into Pine Mountain in Kentucky.[1] The peneplain takes name from Schooley's Mountain where it can be appreciated as a flattish surface. The age of formation of the peneplain and its extent have been subjects of a protracted debate. Some 20th century geologists and geographers considered that the peneplain dipped east under the Atlantic Plain as an unconformity underlying Cretaceous sediments.[2] Consequently, they posited an Early Cretaceous or Jurassic age.[2] Various authors, including Douglas Wilson Johnson, have however objected to the equivalence of the peneplain to the unconformity.[2] Since the 2000s, an Oligocene to middle Miocene age has been proposed for the peneplain.[3] According to this last view, the uplift and dissection of the peneplain started in the late Miocene.[3]
Schooley peneplain is one of the four main peneplains identified in the Appalachians, the others being Fall Zone, Harrisburg and Sommerville.[4]
References
- ↑ McFarlan, Arthur C. (2008). "Geology of Kentucky: Outline of Geologic History". in Chesnut, Don. Kentucky Paleontological Society. https://www.uky.edu/OtherOrgs/KPS/goky/pages/gokych12.htm.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Stose, George W. (1940). "Age of the Schooley peneplain". American Journal of Science 238 (7).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Stanford, Scott D. (2023). "The Schooley peneplain revisited: integrating geomorphology, stratigraphy, sea level, and tectonics". GSA Connects 2023 Meeting. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Geological Society of America. DOI: 10.1130/abs/2023AM-389769. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Scott-Stanford-2/publication/376244147_THE_SCHOOLEY_PENEPLAIN_REVISITED_INTEGRATING_GEOMORPHOLOGY_STRATIGRAPHY_SEA_LEVEL_AND_TECTONICS/links/65c103f37900745497679b56/THE-SCHOOLEY-PENEPLAIN-REVISITED-INTEGRATING-GEOMORPHOLOGY-STRATIGRAPHY-SEA-LEVEL-AND-TECTONICS.pdf. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ↑ Sevon, William D.; Potter, Noel; Crowl, Gearge H. (1983). "Appalachian peneplains: An historical review". Earth Sciences History 2 (2): 156–164. doi:10.17704/eshi.2.2.068421x54v1r7826.
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