Bachelors Theses
Abstract
"The Roubideaux sandstone (Cambrian) which is rather extensively found in the vicinity of Rolla, Mo., offers exceptional opportunities for the study of ripple marks and sun cracks in place. Fig. 1 shows the principal localities in which these structures are to be found in this vicinity.
The statement is made by Van Hise and others that ripple marks can be used in determining structures, and that to do this it is necessary to be able to tell whether a ripple mark is right side up or overturned. The rule as laid down by them is: That a normal ripple mark (right side up) has a wide trough separated by two sharp ridges. Having found some ripple marks the converse of this near Rolla in a structure which is not overturned, we have endeavored to determine how often this statement of Van Hise's is true, and if there are other criteria which might be used in the determination"--Introduction, page 1.
Advisor(s)
Cox, Guy Henry
Degree Name
B.S. in General Science
Publisher
Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy
Publication Date
1913
Pagination
iii, 23 pages
Note about bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Geographic Coverage
Phelps County, Missouri
Rights
© 1913 Donald Hewson Radcliffe, All rights reserved.
Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
File Type
text
Language
English
Subject Headings
Geology, Stratigraphic -- Cambrian
Ripple-marks
Sedimentary structures -- Missouri -- Phelps County
Thesis Number
T 318
Print OCLC #
9486037
Electronic OCLC #
319699862
Link to Catalog Record
Recommended Citation
Radcliffe, Donald Hewson, "The preservation and interpretation of ripple marks and sun cracks" (1913). Bachelors Theses. 43.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/bachelors_theses/43
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Comments
Some illustrations by author.
Pages 18-23 are provided here as supplementary files.