Bureau of Economic Geology

Gulf Coast Carbon Center

Glen Canyon Group, Sevier Basin and Kaiparowitz Bench (08)

Comments on Geologic Parameters

08 Continuity of Top Seal:

These data for both the Kaiparowitz Bench and Sevier Basin were provided by Kocurek and Dott (1983) in regional lithofacies maps of the Carmel Formation. Various lithotypes in the top seal are differentiated and mapped, including carbonates, evaporites, and shales.

08 Map:

map

08 Reference:

Kocurek, G., and Dott, R. H., Jr., 1983, Jurassic paleogeography of the central and southern Rocky Mountains region, 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, v. 2, p. 101–116.

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