Mass-movement deposits in the lacustrine Eocene Green River Formation, Piceance Basin, western Colorado

Open-File Report 2015-1044
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Abstract

The Eocene Green River Formation was deposited in two large Eocene saline lakes, Lake Uinta in the Uinta and Piceance Basins and Lake Gosiute in the Greater Green River Basin. Here we will discuss mass-movement deposits in just the Piceance Basin part of Lake Uinta.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Mass-movement deposits in the lacustrine Eocene Green River Formation, Piceance Basin, western Colorado
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 2015-1044
DOI 10.3133/ofr20151044
Year Published 2015
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Central Energy Resources Science Center
Description 42 p.
Country United States
State Colorado
Other Geospatial Eocene Green River Formation, Piceance Basin
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Additional Online Files (Y/N) N
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