Galatia Channel:Plates

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	Abstract
	Introduction Geologic Setting Previous Research Crevasse-Splay Model Cyclicity and Sequence Stratigraphy
	Stratigraphy Houchin Creek Coal Excello Shale Member Hanover Limestone Member Delafield Member (New) Galatia Member (New) Underclay of Springfield Coal Springfield Coal Dykersburg (Shale) Member Turner Mine Shale Member St. David Limestone Member Summary
	Other Channels Related to the Galatia Channel Sullivan Channel Effingham Channel Leslie Cemetery Channel Other Channels
	Similar Channels Affecting Other Coal Seams Colchester Coal and Francis Creek Shale Herrin Coal, Energy Shale, and Walshville Channel Baker Coal and Winslow-Henderson Channel Danville Coal Murphysboro Coal and Oraville Channel
	Discussion Model of Channel Development Linkage of Climate and Eustasy Peat Developed at Lowstand Rapid Transgression, Gradual Regression Relationship of Effingham and Galatia Channels
	Channels and Cyclothems: A Summary Model The “Typical” Cyclothem on a Cratonic Platform Cyclothem Models Do not Address Contemporaneous Channels The Gray Shale Wedge and Its Relationship to the Channel
	Conclusions
	Acknowledgments
	References
	Appendix
	Figures
	Plates

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Galatia Channel

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  Plate 1 Map of the southeastern part of the Illinois Basin showing the thickness of the Springfield Coal, channels that affect the coal, and major structural features

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  Plate 2 - Map overview Cross section of the Galatia channel near Raleigh in Saline County, Illinois

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  Plate 2 Cross section of the Galatia channel near Raleigh in Saline County, Illinois

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  Plate 3 - Map overview Cross section of the Galatia channel in Wabash County, Illinois

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  Plate 3 Cross section of the Galatia channel in Wabash County, Illinois

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  Plate 4 - Map overview Cross section of the Effingham channel at Olney in Richland County, Illinois

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  Plate 4 Cross section of the Effingham channel at Olney in Richland County, Illinois

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  Plate 5 - Map overview Cross section of the Effingham channel near Stewardson in Effingham and Shelby Counties, Illinois

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  Plate 5 Cross section of the Effingham channel near Stewardson in Effingham and Shelby Counties, Illinois

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  Plate 6 - Map overview Cross section of the Leslie Cemetery channel in Gibson and Warrick Counties, Indiana

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  Plate 6 Cross section of the Leslie Cemetery channel in Gibson and Warrick Counties, Indiana

Primary Source

Nelson, W.J., S.D. Elrick, W.A. DiMichele, and P.R. Ames, 2020, Evolution of a peat-contemporaneous channel: The Galatia channel, Middle Pennsylvanian, of the Illinois Basin: Illinois State Geological Survey, Circular 605, 85 p., 6 pls.