Stratigraphy, depositional environments; and sedimentary tectonics of the western margin, Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway

Braided stream deposition and provenance of the Upper Cretaceous-Paleocene(?) Canaan Peak Formation, Sevier foreland basin, southwestern Utah
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Published:January 01, 1991
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James G. Schmitt, David A. Jones, Patrick M. Goldstrand, 1991. "Braided stream deposition and provenance of the Upper Cretaceous-Paleocene(?) Canaan Peak Formation, Sevier foreland basin, southwestern Utah", Stratigraphy, depositional environments; and sedimentary tectonics of the western margin, Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway, J. Dale Nations, Jeffrey G. Eaton
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The Upper Cretaceous to Paleocene(?) Canaan Peak Formation of southwestern Utah consists of approximately 100 m of cobble conglomerate and subordinate sandstone. Coarse-grained lithofacies include massive to very crudely stratified pebble to cobble conglomerate (Gm) and trough cross-stratified conglomerate (Gt). Minor associated lithofacies include trough (St) and planar (Sp) cross-stratified sandstone and scour-fill sandstone (Ss). Gravel deposition occurred during high-discharge periods within a Scott/Donjek-type perennial braided fluvial system on longitudinal bars (Gm) and sinuous-crested transverse bars (Gt), and as a product of longitudinal bar-top and interbar channel scour filling (Gt). Sand accumulated under lower flow-velocity conditions through migration of interbar...
- Cenozoic
- clastic rocks
- clastic sediments
- clasts
- conglomerate
- Cretaceous
- cross-stratification
- deposition
- detritus
- erosion
- faults
- fluvial environment
- gravel
- high-energy environment
- imbrication
- lithofacies
- lithostratigraphy
- Mesozoic
- mudstone
- outcrops
- Paleocene
- paleocurrents
- Paleogene
- paleogeography
- petrography
- planar bedding structures
- provenance
- sandstone
- sedimentary rocks
- sedimentary structures
- sediments
- Sevier orogenic belt
- statistical analysis
- stratigraphy
- Tertiary
- thickness
- thrust faults
- United States
- uplifts
- Upper Cretaceous
- Utah
- southwestern Utah
- Canaan Peak Formation
- Table Cliff Plateau