Build-and-Fill Development of Lower Ismay (Middle Pennsylvanian Paradox Formation) Phylloid-Algal Mounds of the Paradox Basin, Southeastern Utah

Build-and-Fill Development of Lower Ismay (Middle Pennsylvanian Paradox Formation) Phylloid-Algal Mounds of the Paradox Basin, Southeastern Utah

Phylloid-algal mounds form heterogeneous hydrocarbon reservoirs in the southeastern portion (Blanding sub-basin) of the Paradox Basin. Well-studied Lower Ismay mounds exposed along walls of the San Juan River gorge in the vicinity of Eight Foot Rapids, the west limb of the Raplee Anticline, and at t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Reed, Lincoln H
Format: Others
Published: BYU ScholarsArchive 2014
Subjects:
Paradox Basin
phylloid algae
Lower Ismay
mounds
paleoecology
Ivanovia
build
fill
compartmentalization
Halimeda
carbonate ramp
sea level
down-stepping
Geology
Online Access:https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/5569
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6568&context=etd

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