Geology of the Flaming Gorge area : Utah-Colorado-Wyoming / by Wallace R. Hansen.
| Author/creator | Hansen, Wallace R., 1920- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1965. |
| Description | 196 pages : illustrations (1 color), maps (1 color) ; 29 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Geological Survey (U.S.). Professional paper ; 490 Geological Survey professional paper ; 490. ^A16492 |
| Contents | Abstract -- Introduction -- Location and access -- Geographic setting -- Hills and mountains -- Drainage and valleys -- Climate and weather -- Vegetation summary -- Previous work -- Fieldwork by the author -- Acknowledgments -- Stratigraphy -- Precambrian rocks -- Red Creek Quartzite (middle Precambrian) -- Uinta Mountain Group (younger Precambrian) -- Paleozoic rocks -- Mississippian System -- Lower and middle units -- Upper shale unit -- Pennsylvanian System -- Round Valley limestone -- Morgan Formation -- Weber Sandstone -- Permian System -- Park City Formation -- Mesozoic rocks -- Triassic System -- Dinwoody Formation -- Moenkopi Formation -- Chinle Formation -- Triassic and Jurassic Systems -- Navajo Sandstone -- Jurassic System -- Carmel Formation -- Entrada Sandstone -- Curtis Formation -- Jurassic and Cretaceous Systems -- Morrison Formation and younger rocks -- Cretaceous System -- Dakota Sandstone -- Mowry Shale -- Frontier Formation -- Hilliard Shale -- Blair Formation -- Rock Springs Formation -- Ericson Sandstone -- Cenozoic rocks -- Tertiary System -- Fort Union Formation (Paleocene) -- Wasatch Formation (Eocene) -- Green River Formation (Eocene) -- Browns Park Formation (Miocene?) -- Quaternary System -- Alluvium -- Bench gravels of Pleistocene age -- Recent alluvial fills -- Modern flood-plain deposits -- Talus -- Landslides -- Along the Uinta fault -- Caused by irrigation water -- On Boars Tusk -- In the Red Creek Quartzite -- In the Uinta Mountain Group -- In the Carmel and Frontier Formations -- Eolian deposits -- Structure -- General setting -- Older Precambrian structure -- Minor structural features -- Foliation and schistosity -- Linear structures -- Minor folds -- Rodding -- Streaking -- Intersections of bedding and cleavage -- Slickensides -- Significance of linear structures -- Cleavage -- Major structural features -- Structural similarities of the several Red Creek outcrop areas -- Younger structure -- Unconformities -- At the base of the Uinta Mountain Group -- At the base of the Paleozoic sequence -- At the base of the Paleocene Series -- At the base of the Browns Park Formation -- At the base of the Quaternary System -- Folds -- North-flank homocline -- Subsidary folds -- Linwood nose -- Red Canyon anticline -- Spring Creek nose -- Dutch John nose -- Clay Basin anticline -- Small anticlines in Browns Park -- Browns Park syncline -- Faults -- Modified high- and low-angle thrust faults -- High-angle thrust faults -- Uinta fault zone -- Henrys Fork fault -- Small thrust faults near Sheep Creek -- Normal faults -- Upper Red Canyon area -- Dutch John and Little Hole area -- North of Browns Park -- In the younger rocks north of the Uinta fault -- Time and significance of normal faulting -- Gravitative movements on the Uinta fault -- Tertiary warping and tilting -- Extent and character -- Tilting south and west from Goslin Mountain -- Regional evidence of tilting south and west of Goslin Mountain -- Time of warping -- Geologic history -- Older Precambrian history -- Younger Precambrian history -- Paleozoic history -- Mesozoic history -- Laramide orogeny -- Early Tertiary tectonic and depositional history -- Middle and late Tertiary tectonics, erosion, and depositional history -- Gilbert Peak erosion surface -- Gravity faulting following cutting of the Gilbert Peak erosion surface -- Browns Park Formation and canyon cutting -- Post-Browns Park tilting -- Quaternary history -- Planation and terracing -- Quaternary drainage adjustments -- Sheep Creek -- Capture upstream -- Capture near mouth -- Spring Creek -- Clay Basin Creek -- Beheading of Jesse Ewing Canyon -- Beheading of Cottonwood Draw -- Beheading of Bender Draw -- Beaver Creek -- Other drainage adjustments -- Recent changes in the course of the Green River -- Drainage modifications caused by man -- Mineral resources -- Natural gas -- Coal -- Metallic minerals -- Copper -- Gold -- Manganese -- Uranium -- Phosphate -- Barite -- Clay and shale -- Tuff (volcanic ash) -- Limestone -- Sand and gravel -- Riprap -- Silica -- Gypsum -- References cited -- Index. |
| Abstract | Additional title page description: A reexamination of an area first made known through the Territorial Surveys of Powell, King, and Hayden. |
| Local note | Joyner-FOR JOYNER LIBRARY HOLDINGS OF THE SERIES, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER, SEARCH BY CALL NUMBER QE75 .P9. |
| General note | Part of illustrative matter folded in pocket. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-192). |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Hansen, Wallace R., 1920-. Geology of the Flaming Gorge area, Utah-Colorado-Wyoming |
| Other title | Flaming Gorge area, Utah-Colorado-Wyoming. |
| LCCN | gs 65000290 |
| GPO item number | 0624 |
| Govt. docs number | I 19.16:490 |
| Govt. docs number | J 19.16:490 |