Sedimentary Geology of the Ordovician Cool Creek Formation as It Is Exposed in the Wichita Mountains of Southwestern Oklahoma

Abstract

The purpose of this thesis is to describe the sedimentology, sedimentary petrology, and stratigraphy of the Ordovician Cool Creek Formation as it is seen in the Slick Hills of Southwestern Oklahoma. The study includes field descriptions as well as analysis of samples in the laboratory using the petrographic microscope. A complete section of outcrop was measured in Blue Creek Canyon with supplementary sections measured in other areas of the Slick Hills and at Turner Falls in the Arbuckle Mountains, South Central Oklahoma.