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Stratigraphy of the Niobrara formation at Pueblo, Colorado /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Scott, Glenn R., 1918-2012, Cobban, William A., 1916-2015 (Author)
Format: Government Document Book
Language:English
Published: Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off, 1964.
Series:Professional paper (Geological Survey (U.S.)) ; 454-L.
Shorter contributions to general geology.
Subjects:
Geology, Stratigraphic > Cretaceous.
Paleontology > Colorado > Pueblo.
Paleontology > Cretaceous.
Table of Contents:
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Previous work
  • Stratigraphy
  • Fort Hays Limestone Member
  • Fossils and age
  • Disconformity at the base of the Fort Hays Limestone Member
  • Smoky Hill Shale Member
  • Shale and limestone unit
  • Lower shale unit
  • Lower limestone unit
  • Middle shale unit
  • Middle chalk unit
  • Upper chalky shale unit
  • Upper chalk unit
  • Calcareous beds at base of Pierre Shale
  • Incorrect usage of the names Timpas Limestone and Apishapa Shale
  • Correlation
  • Boulder area, Colorado
  • East-central Utah
  • Wind River basin, Wyo.
  • Sweetgrass arch, Montana
  • References cited
  • Index.