Publication: [2507] The Muddy Creek Formation: depositional environment, provenance and tectonic significance in the western Lake Mead area, Nevada and Arizona




Documented Paleocurrents


# Continental Area Stratigraphic Level Total Records Period Latitude Longitude Tectonic Plate Deposition Environment Paleocurrent Type Lithology Formation
1 North American Lower Pliocene 26 45160 35.6 -114.57 North American fluvial imbrication sandstone Muddy Creek
2 North American Lower Pliocene 26 45160 35.54 -114.58 North American fluvial imbrication sandstone Muddy Creek
3 North American Lower Pliocene 26 45160 35.59 -114.59 North American fluvial imbrication sandstone Muddy Creek
4 North American Lower Pliocene 26 45160 36.25 -114.85 North American fluvial imbrication sandstone Muddy Creek
5 North American Lower Pliocene 26 45160 35.94 -115.09 North American fluvial imbrication sandstone Muddy Creek
6 North American Lower Pliocene 26 45160 35.96 -115.14 North American fluvial imbrication sandstone Muddy Creek
7 North American Lower Pliocene 26 45160 35.94 -115.09 North American fluvial imbrication sandstone Muddy Creek
8 North American Lower Pliocene 26 45160 35.52 -114.56 North American fluvial imbrication sandstone Muddy Creek
9 North American Lower Pliocene 26 45160 35.93 -115.07 North American fluvial imbrication sandstone Muddy Creek
10 North American Lower Pliocene 26 45160 36.2 -114.95 North American fluvial imbrication sandstone Muddy Creek
11 North American Lower Pliocene 26 45160 35.59 -114.6 North American fluvial imbrication sandstone Muddy Creek
12 North American Lower Pliocene 26 45160 35.58 -114.55 North American fluvial imbrication sandstone Muddy Creek
13 North American Lower Pliocene 26 45160 35.92 -115.05 North American fluvial imbrication sandstone Muddy Creek
14 North American Lower Pliocene 26 45160 35.6 -114.61 North American fluvial imbrication sandstone Muddy Creek
15 North American Lower Pliocene 26 45160 35.89 -115.04 North American fluvial imbrication sandstone Muddy Creek
16 North American Lower Pliocene 26 45160 36.15 -114.9 North American fluvial imbrication sandstone Muddy Creek
17 North American Lower Pliocene 26 45160 36.15 -114.95 North American fluvial imbrication sandstone Muddy Creek
18 North American Lower Pliocene 26 45160 36.25 -115 North American fluvial imbrication sandstone Muddy Creek
19 North American Lower Pliocene 26 45160 35.87 -115.02 North American fluvial imbrication sandstone Muddy Creek
20 North American Lower Pliocene 26 45160 35.86 -115.03 North American fluvial imbrication sandstone Muddy Creek
21 North American Lower Pliocene 26 45160 35.87 -115.05 North American fluvial imbrication sandstone Muddy Creek
22 North American Lower Pliocene 26 45160 35.9 -115.07 North American fluvial imbrication sandstone Muddy Creek
23 North American Lower Pliocene 26 45160 36.2 -114.9 North American fluvial imbrication sandstone Muddy Creek
24 North American Lower Pliocene 26 45160 35.92 -115.05 North American fluvial imbrication sandstone Muddy Creek
25 North American Lower Pliocene 26 45160 35.95 -115.12 North American fluvial imbrication sandstone Muddy Creek
26 North American Lower Pliocene 26 45160 35.88 -115.06 North American fluvial imbrication sandstone Muddy Creek