Reevaluating the sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy. 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. Genesis, architecture, and numerical modeling of intra. 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. Stratigraphic variations within the sego sandstone, book cliffs, central utah article pdf available january 2007 with 165 reads how we measure reads. Pattison, department of geology, brandon university, brandon, manitoba, r7a 6a9, canada. Cost includes tuition, fees, food, lodging and transportation to. Formation in the eastern book cliffs area, and 4 all. Stratigraphic variations within the sego sandstone, book cliffs. Late cretaceous strata that crop out in the book cliffs, eastern utah have long. Flint, 1999, a sedimentological and sequence stratigraphic reinterpretation of the upper cretaceous prairie canyon member mancos b and associated strata, book cliffs area, utah, u. 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. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools.
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. 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. Isolated highstand shelf sandstone body of turbiditic. Frey department of geology university of georgia athens, georgia 30602 james d. The book cliffs of eastern utah and western colorado figs. Cretaceous and tertiary formations of the book cliffs carbon. Stratigraphy and sedimentation of the book cliffs, utah cole 1989 field trip guidebooks wiley online library. Stratigraphy is the study of rock layers and their relative ages. Blackhawk formation the blackhawk formation overlies the mancos in the study area. Geology of the circle cliffs area, garfield and kane counties, utah. Stages of valley fill are defined by changes in base level. The book cliffs are one of the worlds best places to study sequence stratigraphy. Other aspects of the sequence stratigraphic model commonly described and.
Both units are sandstone, and their total thickness is about 500 feet in the n. Eight depositional environments are populated with average petrophysical reservoir properties adopted from a north sea field. Outcrop data from the fluviodeltaic sequence of the book cliffs utah are used for the geological and petrophysical twodimensional model. The book cliffs, utah have become the premier locality globally for field teaching of sequence stratigraphy. 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. Winding for 250 miles across utah and colorado, it is the longest continuous escarpment in the world. Pdf on jan 1, 2007, brian j willis and others published stratigraphic variations within the sego sandstone, book cliffs, central utah find, read and cite all. Detailed mapping of two wavedominated deltaic parasequences in the sunnyside member upper cretaceous blackhawkformation in the book cliffs outcrop belt, utah, u. 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. The shale and cretaceous sandstone cliffs, formed over time by the uncompahgre uplift, are a remnant of the mancos sea floor. The book cliffs are a range of eroding, steepsloping cliffs, also called escarpments. For about 200 miles this escarpment extends from where the colorado river descends south through debeque to price canyon near price, utah.
Do not fit the conventional sequence stratigraphic model. Upper cretaceous trace fossils, book cliffs of utah. These colorado cliffs look like books on a shelf outthere. In geology, the law of superposition suggests that rocks in the deepest layers are older than the rocks near the surface. Book cliffs field trips geology southern utah university. 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. 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. Can sequence stratigraphic concepts be applied in mudrock. Kf1rock canyon is defined on the cliffs south of rock canyon area. During the hunting seasons the usage rises, this is one of the premier hunting regions in utah. Between price, utah and grand junction, colorado, highway 6 and interstate 70 cross 170 miles of barren and windswept terrain.
Pages in category stratigraphy of utah the following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. Reevaluating the sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy of. Stratigraphy and sedimentation of the book cliffs, utah. 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. 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. Location map of book cliffs strata, from castle gate cg utah to west salt. The exceptional quality of the wasatch plateau outcrop has given rise to a plethora of stratigraphic studies and serves as a natural laboratory in. Alternative sequence stratigraphic model for the desert. Member mancos b and associated strata, book cliffs area, utah. Ammonite biozones define a biostratigraphic framework of c. Kirschbaum 2002 pamphlet to accompany geologic investigations series i2764. 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. Methodology and nomenclature octavian catuneanu1, william e. 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.
During a recent trip through the area i spotted two cars in 110 miles of driving. It is 650700 feet thick and is subdivided into 5 units. Campanian desert member to lower castlegate sandstone interval, book cliffs, utah and colorado, usa simon a. A minimumaverageage was determined for five stages numbers 3. 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 book cliffs are a series of desert mountains and cliffs in western colorado and eastern utah, in the western united states. Free web tutorials sequence stratigraphy, tutorials carbonate petrology. The book cliffs are one of the fewest used spots in utah. Simon provides expertise in the areas of sedimentology, sequence stratigraphy and reservoir geologymodelling and has considerable knowledge of the book cliffs. This area features an amazing array of scenic opportunities. Search for a hunt by wildlife species including buck. Highresolution correlation of upper cretaceous stratigraphy between the book cliffs and the western henry mountain syncline, utah.
The division refers to the existing horse canyon mines mining and reclamation plan. The book cliffs v cumulative impact area cia is located in carbon county, utah, south of the town of sunnyside plate 1. 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. Fielding, christopher 1 1 earth and atmospheric sciences, university of nebraskalincoln, lincoln, ne.
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. 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. The desert and castlegate sandstones, 2001 pages iiii, 181. Sequence stratigraphy of the book cliffs of eastern utah, the. 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. It was approximately 4800 km long and up to 1600 km wide. Isolated highstand shelf sandstone body of turbiditic origin. No evidence for sea level fall in the cretaceous strata of the book. Utah stratigraphic columns selection map utahgeology. Utah stratigraphic columns overview page these stratigraphic columns are dynamically created on the fly from information stored in a database. Sequence stratigraphy and stratigraphic trap potential of. 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. Suu geology field trip to book cliffs near price, utah.
Sequence stratigraphy of the book cliffs of eastern utah. Kf1rc has a well defined landward pinchout on the southfacing cliffs east of coyote basin, on. 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. Stratigraphic variations within the sego sandstone, book. Hunt government 1 well near the north end of wagon box mesa. The book cliffs are one of the most recognizable landforms in western colorado and eastern utah. Willis the late cretaceous upper sego member of the mancos shale exposed in the book cliffs of eastcentral utah is a. Stretching 200 miles from grand junction, colorado to central utah, the book cliffs are the worlds largest continuous escarpment. Utah hunt planner utah division of wildlife resources.
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. Book cliffs data sets are often used as outcrop analogues for similar subsurface settings worldwide. Lovellhighfrequency sequence stratigraphy and paleogeography of the kenilworth member, blackhawk formation, book cliffs, utah, u. Sedimentology and stratigraphy american association of.
The drive would be lonely but for a constant companion. The campanian book cliffs strata of eastern utah and western colorado has been used to. Mount garfield formations, bluecastle tongue of the castlegate sandstone, and mancos shale, eastern book cliffs, colorado and utah. Stratigraphic nomenclature of the book cliffs changes with geographic. Tectonic control of nested sequence architecture in the. They are so named because the cliffs of cretaceous sandstone that cap many of the southfacing buttes appear similar to a shelf of books. Stratal architecture of these rocks is controlled by two regionally extensive surfaces of incision and subaerial exposure. Upper cretaceous strata, book cliffs, utah, usa journal of the. 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. Desert member to lower castlegate sandstone stratigraphic interval along the southeastern face of. The invasive body of water is called the western interior seaway, or the great cretaceous seaway. Kf2muddy canyonb is defined on the basis of a shoreline sandstone unit that has a distinctive white color. Information was gathered from a number of sources see info for more information.
There are currently no active mines within the book cliffs v cia. Gold occurrence in the cretaceous mancos shale eastern utah. 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. Management in moab, utah added significantly to this study by his willingness and interest in.
The objective of this study is to understand changes in patterns of. The exceptional quality of the wasatch plateau outcrop has given rise to a plethora of stratigraphic studies and serves as a. Book cliffs, geological feature of eastcentral utah and western colorado, u. Geological, survey digital data series dds69g, 40 p. The utah hunt planner also provides the legal hunting boundaries approved by the utah wildlife board. Book cliffs geological feature, utah, united states.
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