Stratigraphic column from the surface down through the Upper Triassic-Lower Jurassic-age Nugget Sandstone in the Uinta Basin showing major oil- and gas-producing reservoirs, seals, water disposal zones, and shallow groundwater aquifers. Modified from Hintze and Kowallis (2009), Geologic History of Utah.
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