Geologic cross section of the Front Range of the Rocky Mtns.
- WOK 12-60
- Item
- 1960
Part of W.O. Kupsch fonds
Geologic cross section of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains about 30 miles north of Denver Colorado. The folding of the Paleozoic and Mesozoic strata was accomplished by the Laramide orogeny. Symbols refer to formational names: Cf, Fountain formation; Clo, Lyons sandstone; Clk, Lyins formation; Jm, Morrison formation; Kd, Ddakota formation; KC, Benton shale; Kn, Niobrara formation; Kp, Pierre shale. Zumberge, 1958, p. 135.