. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America. Geology. GENEEAL GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES 429 starting point. The route of travel followed closely the strike of the Paleozoic strata. Geography general features The Uinta range as an orographic feature is a unit. It is a broad, anti- clinal arch of horizontal or of slightly tilted strata 25 to 35 miles in width and 130 miles in length. The fold is not, however, w-holly sym- metrical, since there are regions of faulting and abrupt change to steep dips. It is limited on all sides by Tertiary strata, which abut against or. Figure 1.—Sketch Map of Uinta
. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America. Geology. GENEEAL GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES 429 starting point. The route of travel followed closely the strike of the Paleozoic strata. Geography general features The Uinta range as an orographic feature is a unit. It is a broad, anti- clinal arch of horizontal or of slightly tilted strata 25 to 35 miles in width and 130 miles in length. The fold is not, however, w-holly sym- metrical, since there are regions of faulting and abrupt change to steep dips. It is limited on all sides by Tertiary strata, which abut against or. Figure 1.—Sketch Map of Uinta Range and related Areas. overlap its slopes except on the west, where it is covered by lava flows Its culminating peaks and ridges extend in an east-west direction along the northern side of the broad summit of the arch. At the eastern end the fold is broad, but broken by sharply compressed folds and faults, while at the western end it narrows to a width of 10 to 13 miles. The plateau-like summit has been deeply dissected and eroded into jagged peaks and ridges having immense amphitheaters at their bases, widening out and then closing into deep glacial-cut canyons through the upturned. 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 Geological Society of America. [New York : The Society]
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