Geology Reference
In-Depth Information
Example
Location
Setting
Thickness
Depositional environment
References
Holderness Mbr.,
Williams Fork Fm.
NW Colorado
Incised valley fi ll in the
LST/TST of a fourth-order
regressive-transgressive
wedge
15-20 m
Wave-dominated estuary with
fl ood-tidal delta, tidal inlet, bayhead delta,
crevasse splay and central basin deposits
Benda (
2000
) , Benda and Steel
(
2000
) , Seidler and Steel (
2001
)
Iles Fm.
sandstones
NW Colorado
Incised valley fi ll in the
LST/TST of a fourth-order
sequences
10-25 m
Estuarine
Crabaugh (
2001
)
Lower Sego
Sandstone
Book Cliffs, Utah
LST incised valley fi lls
10-25 m
Tide-dominated and mixed
energy (wave-tide) estuaries
Van Wagoner
(1990,
1991)
, Willis
and Gabel (
2001,
2003
) , Wood
(
2004
)
Lower Castlegate
Sandstone
Book Cliffs, Utah
TST incised valley fi ll
30-40 m
Wave-dominated estuary with
fl ood-tidal delta, tidal inlet, bayhead delta,
crevasse splay and central basin deposits
Yoshida (
2000
)
Desert Mbr.,
Blackhawk Fm.
Book Cliffs, Utah
TST incised valley fi ll
15-25 m
Wave-dominated estuary with fl ood-tidal
delta, tidal inlet, bayhead delta, crevasse
splay and central basin deposits
Yoshida (
2000
)
Grassy Mbr.,
Blackhawk Fm.
Book Cliffs, Utah
TST incised valley fi ll
5-15 m
Wave-dominated estuary with fl ood-tidal
delta, tidal inlet, bayhead delta, crevasse
splay and central basin deposits
O'Bryne and Flint (
1995
)
Sunnyside Mbr.,
Blackhawk Fm.
Book Cliffs, Utah
TST incised valley fi ll
20-25 m
Heterolithic to sandy estuarine deposits
Howell et al. (
1997
)
Kenilworth Mbr.,
Blackhawk Fm.
Book Cliffs, Utah
LST-TST incised valley fi ll
Up to 15-20 m
Fluvial to estuarine
Taylor and Lovell (
1991,
1995
) ,
Ainsworth and Pattison (
1994
) ,
Pattison (
1995
)
Aberdeen Mbr.,
Blackhawk Fm.
Book Cliffs, Utah
LST incised valley fi ll
15-25 m
Fluvial to estuarine
Kamola (
1992
) , Charvin et al.
(
2010
)
Chimney Rock
Sandstone,
Rock Springs Fm.
NE Utah/SW
Wyoming
Late LST to TST valley fi ll
15-30 m
Mixed-energy estuary with bayhead delta,
inner-estuarine tidal bar, central basin,
fl ood-tidal delta and inlet deposits
Plink-Björklund (
2008
)
Fishtooth and
Virgelle Mbrs.,
Eagle Fm
Bighorn Basin,
Wyoming
TST incised valley fi lls
Heterolithic, partially wave-reworked
distal estuarine, and proximal, sandy
tide-dominated estuarine respectively
Fitzsimmons (
1994
)
Masuk Fm
Henry Mnts.,
SE Utah
Transgressive parts of
regressive-transgressive
couplets, above incised fl uvial
basal surface
5-25 m
Tide-infl uenced fl uvial, lagoonal
and tidal channel deposits
Birgenheier et al. (
2009
)
Muley Canyon
Sandstone
Henry Mnts.,
SE Utah
Transgressive parts of
regressive-transgressive
fourth-order sequences, above
incised fl uvial basal surface
5-15 m
Tidally-infl uenced fl uvial channel deposits
and tidal channel deposits
Birgenheier et al. (
2009
)
