. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Science. MOOK, STUDY OF THE MORRISON FORMATION 85 Feet Massive gray sandstone 20 Variegated shale; pale red and green tints 75 Ijight colored, fine-grained, soft sandstone lying on brown sandstone of the Sundance formation 25 143 The section near Tensleep is as follows: Feet Oray shale capped by Cloverly 40 ^^^^^=^£i^~! Oreenish-gray clays 100 Maroon to red clays 50 Sandstone 58 Greenish-gray to reddish sandy shale 50 |-^=^r~^^=?E3 298. Fig. 42.—Section of the Morrison forma- tion south of Fort G. F. Smith, Montana. Scale, 125 feet to
. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Science. MOOK, STUDY OF THE MORRISON FORMATION 85 Feet Massive gray sandstone 20 Variegated shale; pale red and green tints 75 Ijight colored, fine-grained, soft sandstone lying on brown sandstone of the Sundance formation 25 143 The section near Tensleep is as follows: Feet Oray shale capped by Cloverly 40 ^^^^^=^£i^~! Oreenish-gray clays 100 Maroon to red clays 50 Sandstone 58 Greenish-gray to reddish sandy shale 50 |-^=^r~^^=?E3 298. Fig. 42.—Section of the Morrison forma- tion south of Fort G. F. Smith, Montana. Scale, 125 feet to 1 inch. (Darton.) Fig. 43.—Section of the Morrison forma- tion near Tensleep, Wyoming. Scale, 125 feet to 1 inch. (Darton.) The following is a t3q3ical section of the Morrison on Alkali Creek: Feet Pale green massive shale (overlain'by Cloverly sandstone) 50 Thin-bedded gray sandstone, brown on surface 15 Pale green massive shale 5 Blue-black shale 10 Maroon massive shale 10 Variegated massive shale 45 Thin-bedded gray sandstone 6 Variegated massive shale, drab, purple and maroon 65 Pale green to white sandstone 6 Pale green and maroon massive shale 85 Pale green massive sandstone 45 Red sandy shale (lying on the Sundance formation) 40 382 ISTorth of Thermopolis the formation contains, near its middle, a massive fine-grained, soft, greenish-gray sandstone 50 feet or more in. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New York Academy of Sciences. New York, New York Academy of Sciences
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