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
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MISSISSIPPIAN MADISON LIMESTONE Uniform thin beds of
(Total about 1,100 blue-gray limestone and
feet, but only lower sparse very thin layers of
300 feet preserved in shale. Brachiopods, corals,
this section) and other fossils abundant.
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LATE AND DARBY FORMATION (About Thin beds of gray and buff
MIDDLE DEVONIAN 350 feet) dolomite interbedded with
layers of gray, yellow, and
black shale. A few fossil
brachiopods, corals, and
bryozoans.
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LATE AND BIGHORN DOLOMITE (About Thick to very thin beds of
MIDDLE 450 feet; Leigh blue-gray or brown dolomite,
ORDOVICIAN Dolomite Member about white on weathered surfaces.
40 feet thick at top) A few broken fossil
brachiopods, bryozoans, and
horn corals. Thin beds of
white fine-grained dolomite
at top are the Leigh Member.
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LATE CAMBRIAN GALLATIN LIMESTONE (180 Blue-gray limestone mottled
feet) with irregular rusty or
yellow patches. Trilobites
and brachiopods.
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MIDDLE CAMBRIAN GROS VENTRE FORMATION
PARK SHALE MEMBER Gray-green shale containing
(220 feet) beds of platy limestone
conglomerate. Trilobites,
brachiopods, and fossil algal
heads.
DEATH CANYON Two thick beds of
LIMESTONE MEMBER dark-blue-gray limestone
(285 feet) separated by 15 to 20 feet of
shale that locally contains
abundant fossil brachiopods
and trilobites.
WOLSEY SHALE MEMBER Soft greenish-gray shale
(100 feet) containing beds of purple and
green sandstone near base. A
few fossil brachiopods.
FLATHEAD LIMESTONE (175 Brown, maroon, and white
feet) sandstone, locally containing
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