Catskill Delta complex

E415301

The Catskill Delta complex is a vast Devonian-age sedimentary deposit in the Appalachian region, formed from eroded material shed off rising mountains and preserved today as thick sequences of sandstones, shales, and related rocks.

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Label Occurrences
Catskill Delta complex canonical 1

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Devonian stratigraphic unit ⓘ
geologic formation ⓘ
sedimentary deposit ⓘ
associatedWithOrogeny Acadian orogeny ⓘ
composedOf conglomerate ⓘ
mudstone ⓘ
siltstone ⓘ
composedPrimarilyOf sandstone ⓘ
shale ⓘ
contains floodplain mudstones ⓘ
fluvial channel sandstones ⓘ
nonmarine strata ⓘ
paleosols ⓘ
plant fossils ⓘ
red-bed sequences ⓘ
trace fossils ⓘ
depositionalEnvironment alluvial ⓘ
delta front ⓘ
delta plain ⓘ
fluvial ⓘ
prodelta ⓘ
drainageDirection westward ⓘ
drainageSourceArea Acadian highlands ⓘ
linked to: Gaspé Peninsula
formedBy deltaic sedimentation ⓘ
erosion of rising mountains ⓘ
fluvial sedimentation ⓘ
formedIn foreland basin ⓘ
geologicAge Devonian ⓘ
geologicPeriod Late Devonian ⓘ
Middle Devonian ⓘ
lithology clastic sedimentary rocks ⓘ
locatedIn Appalachian region ⓘ
eastern North America ⓘ
overlies older Devonian marine strata ⓘ
paleogeographicSetting equatorial to subtropical ⓘ
partOf Appalachian Basin ⓘ
preservedAs thick sequences of sandstone and shale ⓘ
significance records Devonian terrestrial environments in the Appalachian Basin ⓘ
records sedimentation related to the Acadian orogeny ⓘ
tectonicSetting Acadian foreland basin ⓘ
thickness several kilometers ⓘ
underlies Mississippian strata ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Acadian orogeny → resultsIn → Catskill Delta complex ⓘ