The impressive rock cliffs were formed 270 million years ago when most of michigan was covered by water that carried and deposited sediments sand, silt, and clay in layers along river banks and beaches. Marys formations shattuck, 1902, 1904have been the focus of paleontologic and stratigraphic analysis since the late. It explains this model from basics and shows how the model can be applied to both siliciclastic and carbonate successions. The cross section extends west to east about 200 mi, from. Sandstone lakeshore cliff, baraga county, michigan. After time and pressure compacted the layers into rock. I offer proprietary companyspecific book cliffs geological field trips. Shale members and an undifferentiated member in the grand. Glassdoor lets you search all open geology jobs in michigan. Please be prepared to state what type of accommodation you require, e. Michigan formation dolostone occurs in the channel bottom through the city of grand rapids, michigan.
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in michigan wikipedia. Stratigraphy and sedimentation of the book cliffs, utah. Fielding, christopher 1 1 earth and atmospheric sciences, university of nebraskalincoln, lincoln, ne. These 5 to 7 day trips are available on a firstcome, firstserved basis.
In fact, they form both the north wall of grand valleya broad floodplain of the colorado river formerly known as the grandand the southwest edge of the base of the roan. Book cliffs, geological feature of eastcentral utah and western colorado, u. The rollins sandstone member contains a thick marineshoreface sandstone that is a cliffforming unit of the book cliffs east of grand junction, colorado. Secondary unit description from usgs geologic names lexicon ref. List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in michigan. Flint, 1999, a sedimentological and sequence stratigraphic reinterpretation of the upper cretaceous prairie canyon member mancos b and associated strata, book cliffs area, utah, u. Uinta and piceance basins were inundated by lake uinta, and.
This geological wonder cuts through beautiful desert terrain and parallels steep canyons and raging rivers, making it a yearround destination for. When one thinks of how little had been published on formalized sedimentary stratigraphy and how little was known of the relationship of fossils to depositional setting and time, this was a miraculous creation of intuitive genius. The ledges are located in the city of grand ledge, michigan, 11 mi 18 km west of lansing. Sequence stratigraphy, alluvial architecture and potential. For the health and safety of the grand valley community, remote academic instruction will continue through june 17. They follow instructions to construct a measured section. The mitten of the lower peninsula of michigan sits almost in the center of this bowlshaped basin, with the deepest part believed to be in the neighborhood of st. The book cliffs extend from helper, utah to east of grand junction, colorado fig.
The buck tongue of the mancos shale underlies the sego sandstone member, and the anchor mine tongue divides the lower and upper parts of the sego sandstone member upsection. Geomorphic history of the grand river and grand river. Circulating book 2nd floor 550 k281 edited by woodhead, james a. To download a higher resolution image and a legend of the column, click here and go to the linked word document. This geological wonder cuts through beautiful desert terrain and parallels steep canyons and raging rivers, making it a yearround destination for scenic viewing, hiking, camping and rafting below. Geomorphic history of the grand river and grand river valley. Strongs species from the mississippian point au gres limestone of grand rapids, michigan. The ledges of the grand river, michigan page 1 of 3 figure 1. This video is a virtual field trip to one of the classic locations in the world book cliffs, utah, usa where the sequence stratigraphy method was developed and tested. The succession of bars is well exposed in both the east and west sides of sego canyon and in the main book cliffs outcrop, providing a 3d prospective. Fielding, christopher 1 1 earth and atmospheric sciences, university of nebraskalincoln, lincoln, ne this study presents highresolution correlations of the upper cretaceous stratigraphy between the book cliffs and the western henry. The sedimentary successions of the book cliffs in eastcentral utah have been extensively studied with respect to sequence stratigraphy e.
Cross section aa extends westeast about 200 mi from. Stratigraphic peninsula michigan department of natural. Location of grand ledge, michigan, and fitzgerald park. In northeastern alberta, the grand rapids formation comprises the upper part of the regressive upper mannville group and consists dominantly of thick sandstones. View of book cliffs from the rest area along i70, stop 1. Cretaceous and tertiary formations of the book cliffs carbon.
In particular, it concentrates on the current sequence stratigraphy model. This article contains a list of fossilbearing stratigraphic units in the state of michigan, u. Suu geology field trip to book cliffs near price, utah. The book cliffs are a series of desert mountains and cliffs in western colorado and eastern. Highresolution correlation of upper cretaceous stratigraphy between the book cliffs and the western henry mountain syncline, utah. It was approximately 4800 km long and up to 1600 km wide. As we approached the east grand junction entrance to the colorado national monument, we left behind the book cliffs, here seen rising in the distance to the ne in the 1st frame. The project was designed initially to better understand the origin and paleogeography of cretaceous western interior coal deposits but. Although more than 100 years of research have gone into deciphering the stratigraphy of the michigan basin of north america, it remains a challenge to visualize the basin stratigraphy on a regional scale and to describe stratigraphic relations within the basin. Many times these concretions are quite fossiliferous while others contain beautiful crystals of barite andor calcite. Stratigraphy, sedimentology, and energy resources of cretaceous rocks in the book cliffs. The admissions office is available to answer calls mon.
Beginning near helper, utah, and joined at green river, utah, by a second escarpment, the roan cliffs, the 2,000foot 610metre tall mountain wall, winds a 250mile 400km course along the tavaputs and roan plateaus, ending near grand junction, colorado. The calvert cliffs are a relatively continuous series of natural, 2535 m80120 foot high outcrops along the western shore of the chesapeake bay in calvert county, maryland fig. Stratigraphy in the book cliffs during late cretaceous time, a time of worldwide high sea level, the stable cratonic area of north america was inundated by marine waters. The miocene strata exposed in these cliffsthe canonical calvert, choptank, and st. Regional stratigraphy and petroleum systems of the. Pages in category stratigraphy of michigan the following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. In west central colorado, the imposing book cliffs form a remarkably straight 1,0002,000 high, 75 kmlong wall frames 14 trending northwest from grand junction. The desert and castlegate sandstones, 2001 pages iiii, 181. After time and pressure compacted the layers into rock, the grand river sculptured the cliffs through years of erosion. Dolton introduction the michigan basin province of the united states includes the lower peninsula and eastern upper peninsula of the state of michigan, the eastern counties of wisconsin, twelve counties in northeast indiana, five counties in northwest ohio, and adjoining parts of the great lakes. Sequence stratigraphy of the book cliffs of eastern utah.
William strata smith 23 march 1769 28 august 1839 was an english geologist and surveyor who generated the first geological map of england. Strongs species from the mississippian point au gres limestone of grand rapids, michigan, contributions from the museum of paleontology, university of michigan ehlers, george marion on. Cohen michigan state university extension is an affirmativeaction, equalopportunity organization. Introduction late cretaceous depositional setting stop 1. The sedimentary record of sealevel change angela l. Stratigraphic succession in lower peninsula of michigan shaley dolomite sandy limestone limestone michigan dept. Greater grand rapids, michigan area supply chain production control management automotive education grand valley state university 1977 1979 bba, general business michigan technological university 1975 1976 forestry experience magna closures engineered glass march 2015 present ventra plastics llc february 2011 march 2015 paulstra. The book cliffs coal field is part of the southern rim of the uinta basin, which is an immense structural trough in western colorado. The invasive body of water is called the western interior seaway, or the great cretaceous seaway. Funding for abstract provided by michigan department of transportation.
Sandstone lakeshore cliff, houghton county, michigan. The video shows some of the field evidence for sealevel change and how the sequence stratigraphy model has been applied to this shallowmarine and fluvial succession. Facies analysis and sequence stratigraphic framework of upper campanian strata neslen and mount garfield formations, bluecastle tongue of the castlegate sandstone, and mancos shale, eastern book cliffs, colorado and utah by mark a. Regional stratigraphy, sedimentology and petroleum geology of the grand rapids formation, mannville group, northeastern alberta. Facies analysis and sequence stratigraphic framework of upper. Cost per participant includes five nights single occupancy accommodation, suv field transportrentalinsurancegas, continental breakfast, sack lunches, field snackswater, core viewingexercise. Louis being exactly in the center of the lower peninsula. Sequence stratigraphy of the book cliffs of eastern utah, the. These colorado cliffs look like books on a shelf outthere.
Stratigraphic variations within the sego sandstone, book. Price canyon in the westernmost end of book cliffs, eastcentral. Sandstone lakeshore cliff michigan state university. Named the grand river group in mi for the grand river where it flows from jackson co. In exercise 2, students work either with polarized microscopic photographs linked online to specific units in their measured section or directly. Book cliffs geological feature, utah, united states. A good appreciation of the nature of reservoir and nonreservoir rocks in the subsurface is of fundamental importance to sound ep decision making.
This places the deposition of the sego sandstone in the book cliffs area sometime between, 77 ma and 75. This article contains a list of fossil bearing stratigraphic units in. Chapter 2 also describes the internal stratigraphy of the rollins sandstone member and interprets the history of change in sea level during the deposition of this member. Miocene stratigraphy and paleoenvironments of the calvert. Pennsylvanian stratigraphy near grand ledge, michigan. Desert member to lower castlegate sandstone stratigraphic interval along. Beginning near helper, utah, and joined at green river, utah, by a second escarpment, the roan cliffs, the 2,000foot 610metre tall mountain wall, winds a 250mile 400km course along the tavaputs and roan. Stretching 200 miles from grand junction, colorado to central utah, the book cliffs are the worlds largest continuous escarpment.
Thompson canyon, blackhawk formation and castlegate sandstone. This unique textbook describes how past changes in sealevel can be detected through an analysis of the sedimentary record. This page contains low resolution images of the stratigraphic column for the michigan basin. The mancos formation and its stratigraphic equivalent to the east known as the pierre shale, often contain concretions. The book cliffs are one of the worlds best places to study sequence stratigraphy. Stratigraphy of the upper cretaceous mancos shale upper part and. Spieker and reeside 1925 named the emery sandstone for a series of prominent, beige and buff sandstones encased by gray siltstones of the blue gate shale at the foot of the wasatch plateau near the town of emery, utah fig. Stratigraphic variations within the sego sandstone, book cliffs. This bowlshaped assemblage of rock and soils extends east beyond niagara falls, west beyond prairie du chien, wisconsin, north to the edge of michigan s upper peninsula where it meets with the volcanic rock of the lake superior basin and south to just beyond the michigan ohio border. Pdf on jan 1, 2007, brian j willis and others published stratigraphic variations within the sego sandstone, book cliffs, central utah find, read and cite all. From the same vantage, the 2nd frame looks up and sw into the heart of the uncompahgre plateau, where the thin, hard triassic. Similar difficulties exist for visualizing and describing the regional distribution of petroleum source rocks and reservoir rocks. Map showing the main physiographic features of eastcentral utah.
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