The Geological History of Fossil Butte National Monument and Fossil Basin
by Paul O. McGrew
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About this eBook
- Author
- Casilliano, Michael
- Credits
- Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, Dave Morgan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QE: Science: Geology
- Subject
- Fossil Butte National Monument (Wyo.)
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 49829
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49829
- Release Date
- August 30, 2015
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.The Geological History of Fossil Butte National Monument and Fossil Basin
- 2.Contents
- 3.INTRODUCTION
- 4.LOCATION
- 5.HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF RESEARCH
- 6.STRATIGRAPHY — Thaynes Limestone — Evanston Formation — Wasatch Formation — BASAL CONGLOMERATE MEMBER. — LOWER MEMBER. — MAIN BODY. — SANDSTONE TONGUE. — MUDSTONE TONGUE. — BULLPEN MEMBER. — TUNP MEMBER. — AGE OF THE WASATCH FORMATION. — DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT. — Green River Formation — FOSSIL BUTTE MEMBER. — ANGELO MEMBER. — AGE OF THE GREEN RIVER FORMATION. — DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT. — Fowkes Formation — SILLEM MEMBER. — BULLDOG HOLLOW MEMBER. — GOOSEBERRY MEMBER. — AGE OF FOWKES FORMATION. — DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT.
- 7.QUATERNARY
- 8.THE GEOLOGIC STRUCTURE OF FOSSIL BASIN
- 9.PALEONTOLOGY — Flora — Invertebrates — Vertebrates — FISH. — AMPHIBIANS. — REPTILES. — BIRDS. — MAMMALS.
- 10.PALEOECOLOGY AND TAPHONOMY
- 11.GLOSSARY
- 12.REFERENCES
- 13.BIBLIOGRAPHY
- 14.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- 15.Transcriber’s Notes
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