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- The Mesaverde Formation was first described by W.H.Holmes in 1877 during the Hayden Survey. Holmes described the formation in the northern San Juan Basin...
- surrounded by sandstone escarpments that are part of the Mesaverde Group. Above the Mesaverde Group escarpments are incised valleys that contain the Lewis...
- through the canyon. Geologically the canyon walls are stairstep cliffs of Mesaverde Group, s****line sands deposited during the Cretaceous. The sedimentary...
- Wave-Dominated Deltaic Deposits and ****ociated Sand-Rich Strand Plains, Mesaverde Group, Northwest Colorado". AAPG Bulletin. 66 (5): 551–552. Kauffman,...
- at the base of the Fort Union Formation and the upper portion of the Mesaverde Formation. This was the third and final natural-gas-reservoir stimulation...
- James Garfield a year after Garfield's death. The mountain is composed of Mesaverde Group overlaying Mancos Shale. "Mount Garfield, Colorado". Peakbagger...
- where Kmt and Kmf are the Tununk and Ferron Sandstone members of the Mancos Shale, Km. Kmv is the Mesaverde Group, and Tkn is the North Horn Formation....
- eastward into the seaway. The resulting 300 to 400 foot (90 to 120 m) thick Mesaverde Formation consists of light-brown to dark-gray thick-bedded and cross-stratified...
- a major contributor of gas in the basin, whereas the Upper Cretaceous Mesaverde is a lesser contributor of oil but a significant source for gas. Ferron...
- Formations. These layers in turn rest on a Cretaceous layer known as the Mesaverde Group that forms a cliff about halfway up the side of the mesa. The lowest...