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Encyclopedia Britannica



THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS OF WYOMING

This article appears in Volume V27, Page 631 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: TAV-THE
THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS OF WYOMING Cretaceous.
De Smet formation (shale and
sandstone
 ) . 4000 ft.
Kingsbury
conglomerate
  . . . 0-1500
Piney formation (shale and
sandstone
 ) 2500
Parkman sandstone 350
Pierre shale 1500-3500
Colorado formation 1050-1700
Comanchean.
Cloverly formation (upper
part
  may be
Cretaceous) 30- 300 ft.
Morrison
  formation (may be Jurassic) too- 300
Jurassic.
Sundance formation Unconformity.
Triassic and Permian. Chugwater formation Pennsylvanian.
Tensleep sandstone 30- 150 ft.
Amsden sandstone 150- 350
Mississippian.
Madison
 
limestone
  I000 ft.
Unconformity.
Ordovician.
Bighorn
limestone
  300 ft.
Unconformity.
Cambrian (Upper).
Deadwood formation . .. Unconformity.
Pre-Cambrian.
Granites.
This
section
  is fairly representative for the Rocky Mountains.


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