Pages in category stratigraphy of utah the following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. For about 200 miles this escarpment extends from where the colorado river descends south through debeque to price canyon near price, utah. Cretaceous and tertiary formations of the book cliffs carbon. The book cliffs are one of the worlds best places to study sequence stratigraphy. Isolated highstand shelf sandstone body of turbiditic. Upper cretaceous trace fossils, book cliffs of utah. Blackhawk formation the blackhawk formation overlies the mancos in the study area.
Descriptions of the mancos shale and mesaverde group along cross section aa mancos shale the mancos shale is dominated by mudrock that accumulated in offshore and open. Highresolution correlation of upper cretaceous stratigraphy between the book cliffs and the western henry mountain syncline, utah. Pattison, department of geology, brandon university, brandon, manitoba, r7a 6a9, canada. The video shows some of the field evidence for sealevel change and how the sequence stratigraphy model has been applied to this shallowmarine and fluvial succession. Outcrop data from the fluviodeltaic sequence of the book cliffs utah are used for the geological and petrophysical twodimensional model.
The division refers to the existing horse canyon mines mining and reclamation plan. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. It was approximately 4800 km long and up to 1600 km wide. Sequence stratigraphy of the book cliffs of eastern utah. Member mancos b and associated strata, book cliffs area, utah. Kf1rc has a well defined landward pinchout on the southfacing cliffs east of coyote basin, on. Beginning near helper, utah, and joined at green river, utah, by a second escarpment, the roan cliffs, the 2,000foot 610metre tall mountain wall, winds a 250mile 400km course along the tavaputs and roan. Sequence stratigraphy of the book cliffs of eastern utah, the. Upper cretaceous strata, book cliffs, utah, usa journal of the. Methodology and nomenclature octavian catuneanu1, william e. Genesis, architecture, and numerical modeling of intra. Book cliffs, geological feature of eastcentral utah and western colorado, u. During the hunting seasons the usage rises, this is one of the premier hunting regions in utah. No evidence for sea level fall in the cretaceous strata of the book.
Do not fit the conventional sequence stratigraphic model. Stratigraphy in the book cliffs during late cretaceous time, a time of worldwide high sea level, the stable cratonic area of north america was inundated by marine waters. Search for a hunt by wildlife species including buck. Other aspects of the sequence stratigraphic model commonly described and.
Upper cretaceous strata exposed in the book cliffs of eastcentral utah are widely used as an archetype for the sequence stratigraphy of marginalmarine and shallowmarine deposits. Suu geology field trip to book cliffs near price, utah. Kirschbaum 2002 pamphlet to accompany geologic investigations series i2764. The utah hunt planner also provides the legal hunting boundaries approved by the utah wildlife board. Information was gathered from a number of sources see info for more information. Stratal architecture of these rocks is controlled by two regionally extensive surfaces of incision and subaerial exposure.
The utah division of wildlife resources utah hunt planner is an interactive map designed to help hunters research hunting units. Geological, survey digital data series dds69g, 40 p. The book cliffs are a range of eroding, steepsloping cliffs, also called escarpments. Research hunts and units before you apply in the big game drawing, and any of utahs other hunt drawings. Frey department of geology university of georgia athens, georgia 30602 james d. Mount garfield formations, bluecastle tongue of the castlegate sandstone, and mancos shale, eastern book cliffs, colorado and utah. Lovellhighfrequency sequence stratigraphy and paleogeography of the kenilworth member, blackhawk formation, book cliffs, utah, u. Stratigraphic variations within the sego sandstone, book cliffs, central utah article pdf available january 2007 with 165 reads how we measure reads. Utah hunt planner utah division of wildlife resources. Named for its similar appearance to a stack of books lined up against a shelf, the book cliffs are one of the most wellknown locations for studying sequence stratigraphy. Utah stratigraphic columns selection map utahgeology.
The white rim sandstone member of the cutler, as herein defined and as shown on plate 1, consists of two units in the circle cliffs area. Book cliffs data sets are often used as outcrop analogues for similar subsurface settings worldwide. Stages of valley fill are defined by changes in base level. Tectonic control of nested sequence architecture in the. Fielding, christopher 1 1 earth and atmospheric sciences, university of nebraskalincoln, lincoln, ne. There are currently no active mines within the book cliffs v cia. The book cliffs are situated on the northern rim of the colorado plateau and have been eroded back from the san rafael swell in eastcentral utah and the uncompahgre uplift in eastern utah and western colorado fig. Sedimentology and stratigraphy american association of. A minimumaverageage was determined for five stages numbers 3. Together with his experience from spdc shell nigeria, simon effectively demonstrated both theoretical and applied aspects at all levels in a clear, concise and thoughtful manner. The book cliffs, utah have become the premier locality globally for field teaching of sequence stratigraphy.
Reevaluating the sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy. Campanian desert member to lower castlegate sandstone interval, book cliffs, utah and colorado, usa simon a. Between price, utah and grand junction, colorado, highway 6 and interstate 70 cross 170 miles of barren and windswept terrain. Stratigraphy of the upper cretaceous mancos shale upper part and mesaverde group in the southern part of the uinta and piceance basins, utah and colorado by r. The book cliffs coal field is part of the southern rim of the uinta basin, which is an immense structural trough in western colorado and eastern utah, around whose margin the outcrop of coalbearing. Utah stratigraphic columns overview page these stratigraphic columns are dynamically created on the fly from information stored in a database. The book cliffs v cumulative impact area cia is located in carbon county, utah, south of the town of sunnyside plate 1. When one thinks of how little had been published on formalized sedimentary stratigraphy and how little was known of the relationship of fossils to depositional setting and time, this was a miraculous creation of intuitive genius. Management in moab, utah added significantly to this study by his willingness and interest in. The desert and castlegate sandstones, 2001 pages iiii, 181. Box 687 savannah, georgia 31416 abstract about 25 types of trace fossils occur in major marine facies of the star point and blackhawk formations in the book cliffs of utah.
The campanian book cliffs strata of eastern utah and western colorado has been used to develop, test and refine sedimentological and stratigraphic ideas and models over the years, including the principles and concepts of sequence stratigraphy. These colorado cliffs look like books on a shelf outthere. They are so named because the cliffs of cretaceous sandstone that cap many of the southfacing buttes appear similar to a shelf of books. Stratigraphy and sedimentation of the book cliffs, utah. The landward pinchout of kf2mcb is present in the southern coal cliffs just north of bear gulch, at the mouth of miller canyon, and is almost reached in the bend opposite the lower gooseneck in muddy creek canyon. Alternative sequence stratigraphic model for the desert. Eight depositional environments are populated with average petrophysical reservoir properties adopted from a north sea field. Book cliffs geological feature, utah, united states. Book cliffs field trips geology southern utah university. Kf1rock canyon is defined on the cliffs south of rock canyon area. Hunt government 1 well near the north end of wagon box mesa. Kf2muddy canyonb is defined on the basis of a shoreline sandstone unit that has a distinctive white color. Winding for 250 miles across utah and colorado, it is the longest continuous escarpment in the world.
Both units are sandstone, and their total thickness is about 500 feet in the n. Outcrops of kf1rock canyon in this area are only fair, being partially covered with debris, but become better in the cliffs to east, on the south side of overhand point. Willis the late cretaceous upper sego member of the mancos shale exposed in the book cliffs of eastcentral utah is a. Simon provides expertise in the areas of sedimentology, sequence stratigraphy and reservoir geologymodelling and has considerable knowledge of the book cliffs. Stratigraphic nomenclature of the book cliffs changes with geographic. Detailed mapping of two wavedominated deltaic parasequences in the sunnyside member upper cretaceous blackhawkformation in the book cliffs outcrop belt, utah, u. This video is a virtual field trip to one of the classic locations in the world book cliffs, utah, usa where the sequence stratigraphy method was developed and tested. Stretching 200 miles from grand junction, colorado to central utah, the book cliffs are the worlds largest continuous escarpment. Reevaluating the sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy of. Fielding, christopher 1 1 earth and atmospheric sciences, university of nebraskalincoln, lincoln, ne this study presents highresolution correlations of the upper cretaceous stratigraphy between the book cliffs and the western henry. Continuous, wellexposed and easilyaccessible outcrops make it possible to analyze facies relationships of stratigraphic sequences in great detail, both in terms of lateral variation systems tracts and vertical stacking. The book cliffs are one of the fewest used spots in utah.
Stratigraphic variations within the sego sandstone, book cliffs. In geology, the law of superposition suggests that rocks in the deepest layers are older than the rocks near the surface. This stratigraphic interval has been documented extensively in the book cliffs area in utah, and its sequence stratigraphy has been interpreted and used as a proxy to trace cretaceous sealevel variations van wagoner 1991. Desert member to lower castlegate sandstone stratigraphic interval along the southeastern face of. The exceptional quality of the wasatch plateau outcrop has given rise to a plethora of stratigraphic studies and serves as a. Geology of the circle cliffs area, garfield and kane counties, utah. This area features an amazing array of scenic opportunities. Ammonite biozones define a biostratigraphic framework of c. The objective of this study is to understand changes in patterns of.
During a recent trip through the area i spotted two cars in 110 miles of driving. The book cliffs of eastern utah and western colorado figs. Cost includes tuition, fees, food, lodging and transportation to. Stratigraphic variations within the sego sandstone, book. The book cliffs are one of the most recognizable landforms in western colorado and eastern utah. Late cretaceous strata that crop out in the book cliffs, eastern utah have long. Can sequence stratigraphic concepts be applied in mudrock. Location map of book cliffs strata, from castle gate cg utah to west salt. The desert member of the blackhawk formation and the castlegate sandstone in the book cliffs of utah and colorado were analyzed to develop a model of sequence stratigraphy and facies architecture in foreland basins. It is 650700 feet thick and is subdivided into 5 units. The book cliffs are a series of desert mountains and cliffs in western colorado and eastern utah, in the western united states. Beginning near helper, utah, and joined at green river, utah, by a second escarpment, the roan cliffs, the 2,000foot 610metre tall mountain wall, winds a 250mile 400km course along the tavaputs and roan plateaus, ending near grand junction, colorado.
Upper cretaceous strata exposed in the book cliffs of eastcentral utah are widely used as an archetype for the sequence stratigraphy of marginalmarine and. William strata smith 23 march 1769 28 august 1839 was an english geologist and surveyor who generated the first geological map of england. The exceptional quality of the wasatch plateau outcrop has given rise to a plethora of stratigraphic studies and serves as a natural laboratory in. Therefore rock layers can be thought of as pages in a history book that was written backwards with the most current events in the front and the most ancient. Formation in the eastern book cliffs area, and 4 all.
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