Creation of the Teton Landscape: The Geologic Story of Grand Teton National ParkReed, John C. (John Calvin)
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Creation of the Teton Landscape: The Geologic Story of Grand Teton National Park
Reed, John C. (John Calvin)
Geology -- Wyoming -- Grand Teton National Park
Permian Phosphoria 150-250 Dolomite, gray, North and west
Formation cherty, sandy, flanks of Teton
black shale and Range, north
phosphate beds; flank of Gros
marine. Ventre Mountains,
southern Jackson
Hole.
Pennsylvanian Tensleep 600-1,500 Tensleep Sandstone, North and west
and Amsden light-gray, hard, flanks of Teton
Formations underlain by Range, north
Amsden Formation, flank of Gros
a domolite and red Ventre Mountains,
shale with a basal southern Jackson
red sandstone; Hole.
marine.
Mississippian Madison 1,000-1,200 Limestone, North and west
Limestone blue-gray, hard, flanks of Teton
fossiliferous; Range, north
thin red shale in flank of Gros
places near top; Ventre Mountains,
marine. southern Jackson
Hole.
Devonian Darby 200-500 Dolomite, dark-gray North and west
Formation to brown, fetid, flanks of Teton
hard, and brown, Range, north
black, and yellow flank of Gros
shale; marine. Ventre Mountains,
southern Jackson
Hole.
Ordovician Bighorn 300-500 Dolomite, North and west
Dolomite light-gray, flanks of Teton
siliceous, very Range, north and
hard; white dense west flanks of
very fine-grained Gros Ventre
dolomite at top; Mountains,
marine. southern Jackson
Hole.
Cambrian Gallatin 180-300 Limestone, blue North and west
Limestone gray, hard, flanks of Teton
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