Comments
on Geologic Parameters
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Rock Mineralogy:
The
mineralogy of the Page Sandstone, interpreted to have been derived
from reworking of the Navajo Sandstone, was described by Blakey
and others (1983). Detailed petrographic description of the Carmel
Formation was provided by Taylor (1981).
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Map:
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Table:
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Reference:
Blakey, R. C.,
Peterson, F., Caputo, M. V., Voorhees, B. J., and Geesaman,
R. C., 1983, Paleogeography of Middle Jurassic continental, shoreline
and shallow marine sedimentation, southern Utah, in Reynolds,
M. W., and Dolly, E. D., eds., Mesozoic paleogeography of the West-Central
United States: Rocky Mountain paleogeography symposium: Denver,
Rocky Mountain Section, Society of Economic Paleontologists and
Mineralogists, March, v. 2, p. 77–100.
Taylor,
D. W., 1981, Carbonate petrology and depositional environments of
the limestone member of the Carmel Formation, near Carmel Junction,
Kane County, Utah: Geology Studies, Brigham Young University, v.
28, no. 3, p. 117–133.
