Stratigraphy, depositional environments, and paleogeography of coal-bearing strata in the Upper Cretaceous Mesaverde Group, Central Grand Hogback, Garfield County, Colorado
By: by Dawn J. Madden.
Series: U.S. Geological Survey professional paper ;; 1485; Geological Survey professional paper ;; 1485.
Publisher: U.S. G.P.O.; for sale by the Books and Open-File Section, Geological Survey
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Washington, D.C; Denver, CO
Language: eng
Number of pages: 45
Subjects: Geology, Stratigraphic -- Cretaceous.; Paleogeography -- Colorado -- Garfield County.; Coal -- Geology -- Colorado -- Garfield County.; Mesaverde Group.
Description: New correlations of the Trout Creek Sandstone Member and adjacent sandstone members between Rifle Gap and New Castle and new paleogeographic sketches for the oscillating shorelines at the time of Exiteloceras jenneyi and Didymoceras cheyennense.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 40-45).
Two folded maps included in pocket at end.