Photos from Field Trip #4
AAPG National Convention, May 2003

Facies Asymmetry in alluvial-lacustrine basins: A transect across the Uinta Basin, eastern Utah and western Colorado

Leaders:
David Keighley, New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources, New Brunswick, Canada and Acadia University, Nova Scotia, Canada
Jim Borer, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
Craig Morgan and Kevin McClure, Utah Geological Survey, Salt Lake City, UT
Russ Griffin, Questar Corp., Vernal, UT

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Flight Park between Utah Valley and Salt Lake Valley, looking north towards the Great Salt Lake, Utah Lake is to the south.
Nine Mile Canyon, Castle Peak interval of the lower member of the Green River Formation.
Outcrop of the D marker interval in Nine Mile Canyon during snow blizzard.
Outcrop of the D marker interval in Nine Mile Canyon during snow blizzard.
Nutter Ranch study site in Nine Mile Canyon.
The Alcove in the Nutter Ranch study site.
Upper Highway 21 section along Raven Ridge.
Evacuation Creek, top of Green River Formation, base of Uinta formation.
Road Cliff section along Raven Ridge, base of Green River Formation, top of Wasatch Formation.
Road Cliff section along Raven Ridge, at the contact of the Green River Formation and underlying Wasatch Formation.
Core workshop in Vernal.
Core workshop in Vernal.

 

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