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Upper Cretaceous Stratigraphy Of The Central Part Of Utah, Fredric R. Van De Graaff
Upper Cretaceous Stratigraphy Of The Central Part Of Utah, Fredric R. Van De Graaff
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Rocks of Late Cretaceous age in the central part of Utah are dominantly elastic. In general, the sediments in the west are of conglomerate and sandstone of continental origin; the sediments in the east are of sandstone and shale of marine origin, These rocks were deposited at or near the western shore of a sea which extended from the Arctic to the Gulf of Mexico. The strand line lay in a general northern direction through Utah with land to the west and marine water to the east.