Publication: [1274] Shelf construction in a forearc basin: storm beds, shelf sand bodies, and cliffs, shelf-slope depositional sequences in the Upper Cretaceous Mesaverde Group, Book Cliffs, Utah




Documented Paleocurrents


# Continental Area Stratigraphic Level Total Records Period Latitude Longitude Tectonic Plate Deposition Environment Paleocurrent Type Lithology Formation
1 North American Upper Cretaceous 7 34621 39.1 -110 North American marine shallow flute/grooves sandstone Blackhawk Sandstone
2 North American Upper Cretaceous 7 34621 39 -110.15 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone Blackhawk Sandstone
3 North American Upper Cretaceous 7 34621 39.2 -110.3 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone Blackhawk Sandstone
4 North American Upper Cretaceous 7 34621 39.2 -110.3 North American marine shallow ripple marks sandstone Blackhawk Sandstone
5 North American Upper Cretaceous 7 34621 39.2 -110.3 North American marine shallow flute/grooves sandstone Blackhawk Sandstone
6 North American Upper Cretaceous 7 34621 38.8 -109.9 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone Blackhawk Sandstone
7 North American Upper Cretaceous 7 34621 39.1 -110 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone Blackhawk Sandstone