Table of Contents - MWR188: Palynological Correlation of Major Pennsylvanian (Middle and Upper Carboniferous) Chronostratigraphic Boundaries in the Illinois and Other Coal Basins


Abstract
Introduction Major Subdivisions of the Pennsylvanian and Middle and Upper Carboniferous Aspects of Palynological Correlations
Chronostratigraphic Correlations Namurian-Westphalian Boundary
Western Europe
Donets Basin
Appalachian Coal Region
Illinois Basin
Western Interior Coal Province
Lower-Middle Pennsylvanian Series Boundary (USGS)
Appalachian Coal Region
Illinois Basin
Western Interior Coal Province
Western Europe
Donets Basin
Westphalian A-B (Langsettian-Duckmantian) Boundary
Western Europe
Illinois Basin
Western Interior Coal Province
Appalachian Coal Region
Donets Basin
Morrowan-Atokan Stage Boundary (Lower-Middle Pennsylvanian Series Boundary of the Midcontinent) Western Interior Coal Province
Illinois Basin
Appalachian Coal Region
Western Europe
Donets Basin
Bashkirian-Moscovian Boundary
Donets Basin
Western Europe
Illinois Basin
Western Interior Coal Province
Appalachian Coal Region
Westphalian B-C (Duckmantian-Bolsovian) Boundary
Western Europe
Illinois Basin
Western Interior Coal Province
Appalachian Coal Region
Donets Basin
Atokan-Desmoinesian Stage Boundary
Western Interior Coal Province
Illinois Basin
Appalachian Coal Region
Western Europe
Donets Basin
Westphalian C (Bolsovian)-D Boundary
Western Europe
Illinois Basin
Western Interior Coal Province
Appalachian Coal Region
Donets Basin
Middle-Upper Pennsylvanian Boundary (USGS) and Moscovian-Kasimovian Series Boundary Appalachian Coal Region
Donets Basin
Illinois Basin
Western Interior Coal Province
Middle-Upper Pennsylvanian Series Boundary (Desmoinesian-Missourian Stage Boundary) Western Interior Coal Province
Illinois Basin
Appalachian Coal Region
Westphalian-Stephanian Boundary
Western Europe
Illinois Basin
Appalachian Coal Region
Donets Basin
China
Missourian-Virgilian Stage Boundary
Western Interior Coal Province
Illinois Basin
Summary

Acknowledgments

Appendix A: Formal Systematics of Species of Spores Discussed in Text and Listed in the Tables

Appendix B: Locations of Coals Discussed in Text or Used for Tables

References Cited

Index