Sequence, parasequence, and intraparasequence architecture of the Grassy Member, Blackhawk Formation, Book Cliffs, Utah, USA

C. J. O'Byrne, S. Flint

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    Abstract

    The upper Campanian Grassy Member of the Blackhawk Formation, Mesa Verde Group, Utah, consists of two high-frequency, unconformity-bounded sequences within the upper part of the Blackhawk Formation highstand sequence set. Within the Grassy Member, the degree of shelf erosion in outcrop appears far less significant than that associated with type 1 sequence boundaries described from the stratigraphically higher Desert Member and Castlegate Formation. There appears to be a hierarchy of unconformities bounding sequences within the Blackhawk Formation recording progressively larger basinward shifts of facies tracts and greater amounts of shelf incision with time. It is suggested that the shoreface evolved from a prograding strand plain into a barrier island prior to formation of the parasequence flooding surface. -from Authors
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationSequence Stratigraphy of Foreland Basin Deposits: Outcrop and Subsurface Examples from the Cretaceous of North America
    EditorsJ Van Wagoner, G Bertram
    PublisherAmerican Association of Petroleum Geologists
    Pages225-255
    Number of pages30
    ISBN (Electronic)9781629810850
    Publication statusPublished - 1995

    Publication series

    NameAAPG memoir
    Volume64

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