Introduction to the Green River Formation

作者: Michael Elliot Smith , Alan R. Carroll

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-9906-5_1

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摘要: The Green River Formation of Wyoming, Colorado and Utah contains an important record the paleogeography, climate lakes in Rocky Mountains region during Early Eocene epoch. Its have been a source inspiration for paleolimnologists since before term paleolimnology came to exist. strata contain fossil faunas flora, extensive resources trona kerogenous shale, one most complete records Climatic Optimum. Emerging geochronology has permitted correlations between structural basins that it, is beginning bring tempo origins pronounced cyclity exhibited by into focus. Each 11 subsequent chapters this book presents suite detailed stratigraphic sedimentologic investigations within basins.