Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Depositional systems of a synorogenic continental deposit. The upper paleocene and lower Eocene Wasatch formation in the Powder River basin, northeast Wyoming (chapter H). Evolution of sedimentary basins, Powder River Basin. Bulletin

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5702460
The synorogenic fluvial and paludal rocks of the upper Paleocene and lower Eocene Wasatch Formation in the Powder River Basin contain large deposits of coal and uranium. These rocks also record the culmination of Laramide tectonic events marked by subsidence in the basin and uplift of the bounding structures. The study establishes the early Eocene plaeogeography of the basin using a two-part approach consisting of (1) sedimentary particle-shape and -size analysis, and (2) paleocurrent studies.
Research Organization:
Geological Survey, Alexandria, VA (United States)
OSTI ID:
5702460
Report Number(s):
PB-94-116027/XAB; USGS-BULL--1917-H
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English