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@article{Wells:2007:10.2110/jsr.2007.075.,
author = {Wells, MR and Allison, PA and Piggott, MD and Gorman, GJ and Hampson, GJ and Pain, CC and Fang, F},
doi = {10.2110/jsr.2007.075.},
journal = {JOURNAL OF SEDIMENTARY RESEARCH},
pages = {843--865},
title = {Numerical modeling of tides in the late Pennsylvanian Midcontinent seaway of North America with implications for hydrography and sedimentation},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2007.075.},
volume = {77},
year = {2007}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - A novel numerical model (the Imperial College Ocean Model, ICOM) is used to simulate tidal circulation in   shallow epicontinental seas connected to large, open oceans. ICOM is validated using the present-day North Sea and applied to   predict tidal range in the late Pennsylvanian Midcontinent Seaway (LPMS) of North America. The model simulates the effect   of the principal tidal constituents (astronomical tides) as well as the tide propagating from the adjacent open ocean (co-   oscillating tide).   Two ‘‘base-case’’ Pennsylvanian paleogeographies were tested: (1) a maximum sea-level highstand and (2) the early stages of   a transgression. Sensitivity tests determined the importance of paleo-water depth and coastline uncertainty on the prediction of tidal   range. During the highstand, tidal ranges in the craton interior (Midcontinent Shelf, Illinois and Appalachian basins) are   consistently predicted as microtidal (, 2 m tidal range). Such low tidal ranges would have inhibited water-body mixing in the   LPMS, promoting stratification. This, combined with the influx of oxygen-poor water from the Permian Basin to the west and high   organic input from tropical rivers, may have contributed to the deposition of ‘‘core’’ black shales in LPMS cyclothems. Conversely,   a mesotidal to macrotidal diurnal (once-daily tide) regime is predicted for the early transgression in a large-scale embayment in   eastern Kansas due to resonant amplification of diurnal tidal constituents. Pennsylvanian strata here have been ascribed to   a mesotidal to macrotidal setting and include cyclic rhythmites that suggest a strongly diurnal system, as predicted by ICOM.
AU  - Wells,MR
AU  - Allison,PA
AU  - Piggott,MD
AU  - Gorman,GJ
AU  - Hampson,GJ
AU  - Pain,CC
AU  - Fang,F
DO  - 10.2110/jsr.2007.075.
EP  - 865
PY  - 2007///
SN  - 1527-1404
SP  - 843
TI  - Numerical modeling of tides in the late Pennsylvanian Midcontinent seaway of North America with implications for hydrography and sedimentation
T2  - JOURNAL OF SEDIMENTARY RESEARCH
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2007.075.
UR  - http://www.sepm.org/jsr/jsr_home.html
VL  - 77
ER  -
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