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., 1920-
Other author Varnes, Helen D. (Helen Dowling)
Other author United States. Department of the Interior.
Other author Geological Survey (U.S.)
Format Map
Publication InfoWashington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1964.
Descriptioniii, 48 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm + 3 maps.
Supplemental Contenthttps://doi.org/10.3133/pp414F
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Cartographic dataScale 1:48,000 (W 106°45ʹ--W 106°00ʹ/N 48°15ʹ--N 48°00ʹ).
SeriesGeological Survey (U.S.). Professional paper ; 414-F
Shorter contributions to general geology ; 1961
Professional paper (Geological Survey (U.S.)) ; 414-F. ^A414271
Shorter contributions to general geology ; 1961. ^A20586
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.
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General note3 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Other formsAlso available via the World Wide Web.
Issued in other formOnline version: Jensen, Fred S. (Fred Scott), 1920-. Geology of the Fort Peck Area, Garfield, McCone and Valley Counties, Montana
Genre/formgeological maps.
Genre/formMaps.
Genre/formGeological maps.
Genre/formGeological maps.
Genre/formCartes géologiques.
Other titleGeologic map and sections of the Fort Peck area.
Other titleBedrock geologic map and columnar section.
Other titleGeologic map of Tiger Butte.
Govt. docs number I 19.16:414-F

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