Magnetostratigraphy of sediments in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
Schmidt VA. 1982. Magnetostratigraphy of sediments in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. Science. 217(4562):827-829
Clastic sediment deposits found within the caves of Mammoth Cave National Park have yielded a magnetostratigraphic pattern of magnetic polarity reversals which indicates that they were deposited over a range of at least 1 million and most likely 2 million years.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Schmidt, Victor
- Units
- MACA
- Keywords
- Caves, Flint Ridge-Mammoth Cave System Mammoth Cave National Park KY, Geochronology, Geomorphology, Paleomagnetism, Physical Sciences, Sediment, Speleogenesis, Stratigraphy