Publication: [538] Evidence of tide, storm, and wave interaction on a Precambrian siliciclastic shelf: The 1,700 M.Y. Ortega Group, New Mexico




Documented Paleocurrents


# Continental Area Stratigraphic Level Total Records Period Latitude Longitude Tectonic Plate Deposition Environment Paleocurrent Type Lithology Formation
1 North American Proterozoic 15 11144 35 -104.5 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone Ortega group
2 North American Proterozoic 15 11144 36 -104.5 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone Ortega group
3 North American Proterozoic 15 11144 35 -104.3 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone Ortega group
4 North American Proterozoic 15 11144 36 -104.2 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone Ortega group
5 North American Proterozoic 15 11144 34 -104.9 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone Ortega group
6 North American Proterozoic 15 11144 35 -105 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone Ortega group
7 North American Proterozoic 15 11144 35 -104.9 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone Ortega group
8 North American Proterozoic 15 11144 35 -104.9 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone Ortega group
9 North American Proterozoic 15 11144 35 -104.6 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone Ortega group
10 North American Proterozoic 15 11144 35 -104.7 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone Ortega group
11 North American Proterozoic 15 11144 36 -104.7 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone Ortega group
12 North American Proterozoic 15 11144 35 -104.4 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone Ortega group
13 North American Proterozoic 15 11144 36 -104.7 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone Ortega group
14 North American Proterozoic 15 11144 35 -104.8 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone Ortega group
15 North American Proterozoic 15 11144 34 -105 North American marine shallow crossbedding sandstone Ortega group