Geology of the Fort Peck area, Garfield, McCone and Valley counties, Montana / by Fred S. Jensen and Helen D. Varnes.
| Author/creator |
Jensen, Fred S. (Fred Scott), 1920- |
| Other author/creator | Varnes, Helen D. (Helen Dowling) |
| Other author/creator | United States. Department of the Interior. |
| Other author/creator | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
| Format | Map, Book, and Print |
| Publication Info | Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1964. |
| Description | iii, 48 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm + 3 maps. |
| Supplemental Content | https://doi.org/10.3133/pp414F |
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| Cartographic data | Scale 1:48,000 (W 106°45ʹ--W 106°00ʹ/N 48°15ʹ--N 48°00ʹ). |
| Series | Geological Survey (U.S.). Professional paper ; 414-F Professional paper (Geological Survey (U.S.)) ; 414-F. ^A414271 |
| Contents | Abstract -- Introduction -- General location and purpose of the work -- Geography and climate -- Fieldwork and acknowledgments -- Cretaceous stratigraphy -- Montana group -- Post-Montana group formations -- Subsurface bedrock formations -- Exposed bedrock formations -- Judith River formation -- Bearpaw shale -- Fox Hills sandstone -- Strata overlying the Montana group -- Hell Creek formation -- Structure -- Regional structural setting -- Structural features in the Fort Peck area -- Deformation at Tiger Butte -- Post-Cretaceous stratigraphy -- General statement -- Formations antedating glaciation -- Tertiary deposits -- Flaxville formation -- Quaternary deposits -- Wiota gravels -- Glacial deposits -- General discussion -- Ground moraine -- Kintyre formation -- Outwash channel deposits -- Outwash terrace deposits -- Postglacial Quaternary and Recent deposits -- Alluvium -- Intermittent pond deposits -- Alluvial-colluvial deposits -- Geologic history of the Tertiary and Quaternary deposits -- Preglacial history -- Glacial history -- Regional background outlined by earlier studies -- Glacial history of the Fort Peck area -- Drainage history -- Late-glacial and postglacial history of the Fort Peck area -- Summary of natural resources -- Highway subgrade materials -- Sand and gravel -- Riprap -- Ceramic clay -- Material for lining water-retaining structures -- Lightweight aggregate -- Selected references -- Index. |
| Contents | Plate 1. Geologic map and sections of the Fort Peck area -- Plate 2. Bedrock geologic map and columnar section -- Plate 3. Geologic map of Tiger Butte. |
| Local note | Joyner- FOR JOYNER LIBRARY HOLDINGS OF THE SERIES, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER, SEARCH BY CALL NUMBER QE75 .P9. |
| General note | 3 maps in pocket. |
| General note | "Prepared as a part of a program of the Department of the Interior for development of the Missouri River basin." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Other forms | Also available via the World Wide Web. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Jensen, Fred S. (Fred Scott), 1920-. Geology of the Fort Peck Area, Garfield, McCone and Valley Counties, Montana |
| Genre/form | geological maps. |
| Genre/form | Maps. |
| Genre/form | Geological maps. |
| Genre/form | Geological maps. |
| Genre/form | Cartes géologiques. |
| Other title | Geologic map and sections of the Fort Peck area. |
| Other title | Bedrock geologic map and columnar section. |
| Other title | Geologic map of Tiger Butte. |
| Govt. docs number | I 19.16:414-F |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | QE75 .P9 NO. 412-414 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |
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