Using sedimentology to address the marine or continental origin of the Permian Hutchinson Salt Member of Kansas

Anna Sofia Andeskie; Kathleen C. Benison

doi:10.1111/sed.12665

journal article Oct 26, 2019

Using sedimentology to address the marine or continental origin of the Permian Hutchinson Salt Member of Kansas

Anna Sofia Andeskie Kathleen C. Benison

Sedimentology Vol. 67 No. 2 pp. 882-896 · Wiley

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Abstract

AbstractThe Permian Hutchinson Salt Member of the Wellington Formation of the Sumner Group of Kansas (USA) has multiple scientific and industrial uses. Although this member is highly utilized, there has not been a sedimentological study on these rocks in over 50 years, and no study has investigated the full thickness of this member. Past publications have inferred a marine origin as the depositional environment. Here, this marine interpretation is challenged. The goals of this study are to fully document sedimentological and stratigraphic characteristics of the Permian Hutchinson Salt Member in the Atomic Energy Commission Test Hole 2 core from Rice County, Kansas. This study documents colour, mineralogy, sedimentary textures, sedimentary structures, diagenetic features and stratigraphic contacts in core slab and thin sections. The Hutchinson Salt Member is composed of five lithologies: bedded halite, siliciclastic mudstone, displacive halite, bedded gypsum/anhydrite and displacive gypsum/anhydrite. These lithologies formed in shallow surface brines and mudflats that underwent periods of flooding, evapoconcentration and desiccation. Of note are the paucity of carbonates, lack of marine‐diagnostic fossils, absence of characteristic marine minerals and lithofacies, and the stratigraphic context of the Hutchinson with associated continental deposits. The Hutchinson Salt Member was most likely deposited in an arid continental setting. This new interpretation offers a refined view of Pangaea during the middle Permian time.

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Published: Oct 26, 2019
Vol/Issue: 67(2)
Pages: 882-896
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Authors

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Anna Sofia Andeskie

Department of Geology and Geography West Virginia University Morgantown West Virginia 26506‐6300 USA

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Kathleen C. Benison

Department of Geology and Geography West Virginia University Morgantown West Virginia 26506‐6300 USA

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West Virginia University

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Anna Sofia Andeskie, Kathleen C. Benison (2019). Using sedimentology to address the marine or continental origin of the Permian Hutchinson Salt Member of Kansas. Sedimentology, 67(2), 882-896. https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12665

Using sedimentology to address the marine or continental origin of the Permian Hutchinson Salt Member of Kansas

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