Cenozoic geology of the Colorado plateau / by Charles B. Hunt.

Author/creator Hunt, Charles B. author.
Format Book
Publication InfoWashington : United States Government Printing Office, 1956.
Descriptioniv, 99 pages : maps, diagrams ; 29 cm
Supplemental Contenthttp://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/pp279
Subjects

SeriesGeological Survey professional paper ; 279
Geological Survey professional paper 279. ^A16492
Contents Abstract -- Introduction -- Purpose of report and acknowledgments -- General geographic setting of the Colorado Plateau -- Pre-Cambrian basement rocks -- Summary of Paleozoic and Mesozoic stratigraphy -- Cenozoic deposits -- Lower Tertiary deposits (Paleocene and Eocene) -- Uinta Basin and High Plateaus -- North Horn formation -- Flagstaff limestone and Wasatch formation in High Plateaus -- Tuscher, Ohio Creek, and DeBeque formations -- Colton and Wasatch formations in Uinta Basin -- Green River formation -- Bridger formation -- Uinta formation -- Duchesne River formation -- San Juan Basin -- Animas formation -- Nacimiento formation (Puerco and Torrejon faunal zones) -- Wasatch (San Jose) formation (and Tiffany beds) -- Mogollon Rim -- Deposits in adjoining areas -- San Juan Mountains -- Rio Grande Valley -- Southern Arizona -- Upper Tertiary deposits (Miocene and Pliocene) -- High Plateaus -- Brian Head formation -- Sevier River and Parunuweap formation -- Southern part of the Colorado Plateau -- Bidahochi formation -- Chuska sandstone -- Datil formation -- Deposits at Peach Springs, Ariz -- Interior of the Plateau -- Deposits around the edges of the Colorado Plateau -- Uinta Basin area -- San Juan Mountains -- Rio Grande Valley -- Grand Wash trough -- Quaternary deposits -- Pre-Wisconsin deposits -- Wisconsin deposits -- Recent deposits -- Cenozoic igneous rocks -- General features -- Early Tertiary igneous rocks -- Late Tertiary igneous rocks -- Laccolithic mountains -- Large central-type volcanoes -- Structural geology -- General features -- Pre-Cenozoic structural elements -- Cenozoic orgenic structures -- Cenozoic epeirogenic structures -- Physiography -- Climate and water supply -- Anteposition -- Colorado and Green Rivers -- Tributary streams -- Erosion and geologic time -- Soils -- Cenozoic history of the Plateau-a hypothesis -- Bibliography -- Index.
Local noteJoyner- FOR JOYNER LIBRARY HOLDINGS OF THE SERIES, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER, SEARCH BY CALL NUMBER QE75 .P9.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 87-95).
Other formsAlso available via the world wide web.
Issued in other formOnline version: Hunt, Charles B. (Charles Butler), 1906-1997. Cenozoic geology of the Colorado plateau
LCCNgs 56000137
Govt. docs number I 19.16:279
Govt. docs number I 19.16:279 c.2

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