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Table of Contents - Special Paper 429The Pennsylvanian–Early Permian Bird Spring Carbonate Shelf, Southeastern California: Fusulinid Biostratigraphy, Paleogeographic Evolution, and Tectonic Implicationsby Calvin H. Stevens and Paul Stone |
Abstract | 1 |
Introduction | 2 |
Chronostratigraphic Nomenclature | 3 |
Paleogeographic Setting | 4 |
Stratigraphic Framework | 4 |
Previous Studies of Fusulinids in Southeastern California | 7 |
Fusulinid Sample Material | 10 |
Fusulinid Faunas and Zones | 10 |
Fusulinid Zone 1 | 10 |
Fusulinid Zone 2 | 10 |
Fusulinid Zone 3 | 10 |
Fusulinid Zone 4 | 11 |
Fusulinid Zone 5 | 11 |
Fusulinid Zone 6 | 11 |
Correlations | 11 |
Fusulinid Zone 1 | 15 |
Fusulinid Zone 2 | 15 |
Fusulinid Zone 3 | 15 |
Fusulinid Zone 4 | 15 |
Fusulinid Zone 5 | 15 |
Fusulinid Zone 6 | 15 |
Comparison of Bird Spring Shelf and Keeler Basin Fusulinid Faunas | 16 |
Comparison of Bird Spring Shelf and Darwin Basin Fusulinid Faunas | 17 |
Interpretations and Discussion | 18 |
General Paleoenvironmental Significance of Fusulinids | 18 |
Fusulinid Distribution and Sedimentation Patterns on the Bird Spring Shelf | 19 |
Possible Effects of Eustatic Sea-Level Fluctuations | 20 |
Regional Paleogeographic Evolution | 20 |
Tectonic Interpretations and Timing of the Last Chance Thrust | 22 |
Tectonic Correlations | 23 |
Summary | 24 |
Systematic Paleontology | 24 |
Fusulinid Plates | 25 |
Acknowledgments | 42 |
Appendix 1. List of Fusulinid Samples with General Locations |
42 |
Appendix 2. Descriptions of Outcrop Areas and Fusulinid Localities |
43 |
Ship Mountains | 43 |
Providence Mountains | 47 |
Old Dad Mountain | 53 |
Cowhole Mountain | 57 |
Warm Spring Canyon | 62 |
Striped Butte | 63 |
Panamint Butte | 73 |
Appendix 3. Locality Information for Figured Specimens |
78 |
References Cited |
79 |