Geologic mapping of exhumed, mid-Cretaceous paleochannel complexes near Castle Dale, Emery County, Utah: On the correlative relationship between the Dakota Sandstone and the Mussentuchit Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation

Numerous well-preserved, exhumed paleochannels in the Morrison, Cedar Mountain and Dakota Sandstone formations are exposed east of Castle Dale, Utah. These channels consist primarily of point bar complexes and scattered, low sinuosity channels. To determine the vertical and lateral relationships of...

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Main Author: Sorensen, Amanda Elizabeth MacKay
Format: Others
Published: BYU ScholarsArchive 2011
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Online Access:https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2727
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3726&context=etd