- The
Mesaverde Formation was
first described by W.H.Holmes in 1877
during the
Hayden Survey.
Holmes described the
formation in the
northern San Juan Basin...
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surrounded by
sandstone escarpments that are part of the
Mesaverde Group.
Above the
Mesaverde Group escarpments are
incised valleys that
contain the Lewis...
- Wave-Dominated
Deltaic Deposits and ****ociated Sand-Rich
Strand Plains,
Mesaverde Group,
Northwest Colorado". AAPG Bulletin. 66 (5): 551–552. Kauffman,...
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where Kmt and Kmf are the
Tununk and
Ferron Sandstone members of the
Mancos Shale, Km. Kmv is the
Mesaverde Group, and Tkn is the
North Horn Formation...
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first defined by J.D.
Sears in 1925 as the
Gallup Sandstone Member of the
Mesaverde Formation and
named after Gallup, New Mexico,
which is
built partially...
- Sandstone/J
Sandstone –
Wattenberg Gas Field,
Denver Basin, Colorado, US
Mesaverde Group –
Piceance Basin, Colorado, US
Rotliegend –
Germany and Netherlands...
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eastward into the seaway. The
resulting 300 to 400 foot (90 to 120 m)
thick Mesaverde Formation consists of light-brown to dark-gray thick-bedded and cross-stratified...
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covered the Dakota,
depositing the
Mancos Shale. Only
small remnants of the
Mesaverde Group are found,
capping a few
mesas in the park's
eastern section. Near...
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Mountain ****ociation of Geologists, 1977) 293–300.
Robert Chancellor, "
Mesaverde hydraulic fracture stimulation,
northern Piceance Basin –
progress report"...
- Formations.
These layers in turn rest on a
Cretaceous layer known as the
Mesaverde Group that
forms a
cliff about halfway up the side of the mesa. The lowest...
