Cretaceous and Tertiary formations of the Book Cliffs, Carbon, Emery, and Grand Counties, Utah, and Garfield and Mesa Counties, Colorado / by D. Jerome Fisher, Charles E. Erdmann, and John B. Reeside, Jr.
| Author/creator | Fisher, D. Jerome |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off, 1960. |
| Description | iv, 8 unnumbered pages, 80 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Erdmann, C. E. (Charles Edgar), 1897-1971. |
| Other author/creator | Reeside, John B., Jr., (John Bernard), 1889-1958 |
| Other author/creator | United States. Department of the Interior. |
| Other author/creator | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
| Series | Geological Survey (U.S.). Professional paper ; 332 Geological Survey professional paper 332. ^A16492 |
| Contents | Abstract -- Introduction -- Location and character of the area -- Fieldwork and acknowledgments -- Previous work in the region -- The formations -- Pre-Cretaceous formations -- Cretaceous and Tertiary formations -- Sources of the nomenclature of the Cretaceous formations -- Cretaceous system -- Lower Cretaceous units -- Dakota sandstone -- Mancos shale -- Mesaverde group -- Blackhawk formation -- Formations above Blackhawk formation -- Utah west of the Green River (western Book Cliffs) -- Castlegate sandstone -- Price River formation (restricted) -- Utah east of the Green RIver and in Colorado (central and eastern Book Cliffs) -- Castlegate sandstone -- Buck tongue of Mancos shale -- Sego sandstone and included Anchor Mine tongue of the Mancos shale -- Units between the Sego sandstone and the Tertiary formations -- Neslen formation -- Farrer formation -- Tuscher formation -- Mount Garfield formation -- Hunter Canyon formation -- Cretaceous and Tertiary systems -- North Horn and Flagstaff formations undifferentiated -- Tertiary system -- Colton formation -- Unnamed sandstone -- "Wasatch" formation -- Green River formation -- Age and correlation of the formations -- Standard sequence of Cretaceous of the western interior region -- Lower Cretaceous units -- Dakota sandstone -- Mancos shale -- Mesaverde group -- Blackhawk formation -- Castlegate sandstone -- Price RIver formation (restricted) -- Buck tongue of Mancos shale -- Sego sandstone -- Neslen formation -- Farrer formation -- Tuscher formation -- Mount Garfield formation and Rollins sandstone member, Bowie shale member, and Paonia shale member of the Mesaverde formation -- North Horn and Flagstaff formations undifferentiated -- Unnamed sandstone -- Colton and "Wasatch" formations -- Green River formation -- Nonmarine faunas in the sequence -- Origin of the formations -- Lower Cretaceous units -- Dakota sandstone -- Mancos shale and Mesaverde group -- Post-Mesaverde formations -- Regional relations -- Local sections -- References -- Index. |
| Abstract | A description of 7,000 feet of strata ranging in age from Early Cretaceous to Eocene. |
| Local note | Joyner- FOR JOYNER LIBRARY HOLDINGS OF THE SERIES, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER, SEARCH BY CALL NUMBER QE75 .P9. |
| General note | 1 map, 3 charts in pocket. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 76-78). |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Fisher, Daniel Jerome, 1896-. Cretaceous and Tertiary formations of the Book Cliffs, Carbon, Emery, and Grand Counties, Utah, and Garfield and Mesa Counties, Colorado |
| LCCN | gs 60000191 |
| Govt. docs number | I 19.16:332 |
| Govt. docs number | I 19.16:332 c.2 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | QE75 .P9 NO. 330-332 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |
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