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Field Excursion to Colorado and Utah, Western United States
Summary
Technical report (April 1997). Covers Colorado, Utah, Western United States. Topics: stratigraphic architecture, hydrocarbon systems, facies distribution, paleogeomorphology. Agencies: Mining University Leoben, Amoco Production Company, Department of Energy. Cites 42 external works.
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Stakeholders (14)
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United States Bureau of Land ManagementUnited States Geological SurveyUnited States Department of EnergyColorado School of MinesAECMining University LeobenAmoco Production CompanyNew Jersey Zinc Company
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RMAGU.S.B.M.Eagle GypsumGrand Junction Geol. Soc.AAPGMuseum of Western Colorado
Places (188)
ColoradoRocky MountainsRocky MountainsColorado Riversouthwestern United StatesGunnisonCaliforniaGunnison River Basin
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Southern Rocky MountainsNew MexicoDenverArgentinaSan Juan Mountainsgreat plainsRifleKansasFront RangeUtahFort CollinsBoulderClear CreekColorado PlateauWyomingRio GrandeGrand ValleyGrand JunctionGolden, ColoradoUpper Arkansas RiverTrout CreekSouth CanyonGulf of MexicoColorado Mineral BeltCheyenneWyoming BasinUinta BasinUncompahgre PlateauArctic OceanClimaxLake CityGreen RiverCanyon Creek AreaWillow CreekTomichi DomePiceance BasinSan Luis ValleyColorado SpringsHigh PlainsInterior SeawayCarbon CountyCentral CityContinental DivideBear CreekSawatch RangeGrand MesaPine JunctionShaffer's CrossingMeyer's RanchGlenwood SpringsBlack Canyon of the GunnisonBlue Mesa ReservoirPuebloGarfield CountyDeltaMesa CountyMontroseTomichi CreekEaglePowderhornSalt Lake CityHoly CrossColorado National MonumentLaramieLeadvilleVailDillon ReservoirRoberts tunnelPalisadeArkansas ValleyEagle RiverIdaho SpringsFairplayRio BlancoGarfieldGlenwood CanyonDebequeDuck CreekMinturnWolcottBuena VistaEagle CountySapineroMonarch PassDoylevilleGore rangeJefferson CountyMeekerRangelyBattlement MesaParlin areaCimarronPoncha PassDenver BasinGypsumSan Rafael SwellPricePlatte ValleyMoabSouth ParkParachuteNew CastleMorrisonAvonRocky FlatsGrizzly CreekPiceance Creek BasinCliftonFruitaBlack HawkSilver PlumeSedaliaSpring Canyon DamGrantsBook CliffsBurro CanyonEdwardsSteamboatEisenhower TunnelSiltI-70BaileyTurkey CreekTurkey CreekBattle MountainBeaver Creek Ski AreaGeorgetownHanging LakeHenderson Molybdenum mineNathropAgate CreekMesa de Maya RanchRed Rocks ParkMount MorrisonDakota HogbackWeaver GulchDinosaur RidgeAlameda ParkwayDaniels ParkCoal Creek CanyonSouth BoulderHorsetooth ReservoirEagle BasinGilmanRed CliffKokomoGilman DistrictBleak HouseGround Hog mineEagle mining districtLeadville mining districtSummit CountiesTen Mile RangePelican mineCrazy Woman CreekDotseroGreen River, UtahDeBeque canyonRabbit ValleyDouglas CreekTommys DrawCathedral CreekYellow CreekLaSal MountainsGrand HogbackCoal RidgeRulisonLa Sal Mts.Mancos PlainCisco DomeThompsonCrescent JunctionUncompahgre upliftEmery CountiesMonarch LodgeCentervilleJohnson VillageCora campgroundMount SilverheelsKenosha Pass
Concepts & Topics (36)
weatheringsurface runoffhypogene mineralizationfloodplain hydrostratigraphyfloodplain hydrostratigraphyglacier retreatpaleoenvironmental reconstructiontectonic overprints
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soil erosiontectonic overprintsriver incisionmesic resourcesLaramide OrogenyirrigationPennsylvanian Periodecological trapminingminingpaleoecologypaleoecologydissolved Assecondary enrichmentredox zonesoil and gas developmenthikingnuclear securityoil shale developmentreplacement depositsvolcanic ashfossil tree stemsalt workspetroleum systemsanticlinecryptogamic crustscoal bed methane productioncoal bed methane production
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External References Cited (50)
Works cited by this document, grouped by type.
report (19)
- Guide to the petroleum geology and Laramide Orogeny, Denver Basin and Front Range, Colorado (1996) — Weimer, R.J.
- Geologic History of Wyoming (1993) — Snoke
- Sequence stratigraphy applications to shelf sandstone reservoirs, outcrop to subsurface examples (1991) — J.C. Van Wagoner and others
- RMAG Coalbed methane of North America (1991)
- Stratigraphic and time-Stratigraphic cross Sections of Phanerozoic Rocks along line B-B', Uinta and Piceance basin area (1991) — R.C Johnson and S.Y. Johnson
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- Geologic map of the Price 30' by 60' quadrangle (1990) — M.P. Weiss, I.J. Witkind, and W.B. Cashion
- Dinosaur Triangle (1987) — Young, R.G.
- Paleontology and Geology of the Dinosaur Triangle (1987) — W.R. Averett
- Grand Junction Geol. Soc. Guidebook 1982 (1982)
- Bedrock, surficial, and economic geology of the Sunnyside coal-mining district (1981) — F.W. Osterwald, J.0. Maberry, and C.R. Dunrud
- RMAG Guidebook (1974) — Roehler
- Paleozoic stratigraphy and structural evolution of Colorado (1972) — DeVoto, R.H., ed.
- Geology of the Minturn 15-minute quadrangle, Eagle and Summit Counties, Colorado (1972) — Tweto, O, and Lovering, T.S.
- The Eagle Valley evaporite, Northwest Colorado -a regional synthesis (1971) — Mallory, W.W.
- Geology of Colorado (1960) — John D. Haun
- RMAG Field Trip (1954) — C.H. Maxwell
- Geology and ore deposits of the Leadville mining district, Colorado (1927) — Emmons, S.F., Irving, J.D., and Loughlin, G.F.
- Marvine survey (1873) — W. H. Holmes
- Ore Deposits of the Gilman District, Eagle County, Colorado — Thomas S. Lovering, Ogden Tweto, and T. G. Lovering
article (11)
- Thrusts, backthrusts, and detachment of Rocky Mountain foreland arches (1993) — Erslev, E.A.
- Late Paleozoic Stratigraphy and syndepositional tectonism, northwestern Colorado (1986) — DeVoto, R.H., Bartleson, B.L., Schenck, C.J., and Waechter, N.B.
- Plate tectonics of the Ancestral Rocky Mountains (1981) — Kluth, C.F., and Coney, P.J.
- Bioherms in the Minturn Formation (Des Moines age), Vail-Minturn area, Eagle County, Colorado (1972) — Walker, T.R.
- Mountain flank thrusting in the Rocky Mountain foreland, Wyoming and Colorado (1962) — Berg, R.R.
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- Outline of Pennsylvanian stratigraphy of Colorado (1960) — Mallory, W.W.
- Devonian and Mississipian Systems in Colorado (1960) — Rothrock, D.P.
- Pennsylvanian and Permian Strata in southern Wyoming and northern Colorado (1960) — Maughan, E.K, and Wilson, R.F.
- Stokes (1952)
- Paleozoic stratigraphy of the Sawatch Range, Colorado (1944) — Johnson, J.H.
- QUARTERLY OF THE COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES
other (9)
- Kinematics and structural models of faulting adjacent to the Rocky Flats Plant, central Colorado (1994) — Selvig, B.W.
- Post Laramide deformation along the eastern margin of the Colorado Front Range - a case against significant deformation; Mountain Geologist, v (1994) — Leonard, E.M., and Langford, R.P
- Kinematics and structural models of faulting adjacent to the Rocky Flats Plant, central Colorado; Ms Thesis, Colorado State University, 132 pp (1994) — Selvig, B.W
- Thrusts, backthrusts, and detachment of Rocky Mountain foreland arches, in: Schmidt, C.J., Chase, R., and Erslev (1993) — Erslev, E.A
- Age of Dawson arkose, southwestern Air Force Academy, Colorado and implications for the uplift history of the Front Range; Mountain Geologist, v (1988) — Kluth, C.F., and Nelson, S.D
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- Field guide to the trace fossils of the Cretaceous Dakota Hogback along Alameda Avenue, west of Denver, Colorado, in: Epis, R.C, and Weimer, R.J., eds., Studies in Colorado field geology, Prof (1976) — Chamberlain, C.K
- Mountain flank thrusting in the Rocky Mountain foreland, Wyoming and Colorado; AAPG Bull., v (1962) — Berg, R.R
- Outline of Pennsylvanian stratigraphy of Colorado, in: Weimer, R.J., and Huan, J.D., eds., Guide to the Geology of Colorado, Geol (1960) — Mallory, W.W
- Devonian and Mississipian Systems in Colorado, in: Weimer, R.J., and Huan, J.D., eds., Guide to the Geology of Colorado, Geol (1960) — Rothrock, D.P
study (6)
- Sedimentology and stratigraphy of the Eagle Valley evaporite (Middle Pennsylvanian), Eagle Basin, Northwest Colorado (1989) — Schenk, C.J.
- Distribution and source areas of Morrison Formation (1983) — Brenner
- Trace fossils and stratigraphy diagrams (1976) — Chamberlain
- Muddy (J) Sandstone outcrop restored section from Bear Creek to Weaver Gulch (1974) — MacMillan
- Dakota Group stratigraphy (1972) — MacKenzie
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- Stratigraphy and structure from outcrops Golden to Sedalia (1961) — Waage
book (5)
- Roadside Geology of Colorado (1989) — Chronic
- Guide to Geology of Colorado (1960) — Weimer and Haun
- Guide to the Geology of Colorado (1960) — Weimer and Haun
- From Grassland to Glacier — Mutel and Emerick
- Dinosaur Triangle book
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