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Title: Stratigraphy of mid-cretaceous Black-leaf and lower part of the frontier formations in parts of Beaverhead and Madison counties

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OSTI ID:6956463

The Albian Blackleaf Formation and the overlying Cenomanian to Turonian lower part of the Frontier Formation in Beaverhead and Madison countries, Montana fold-and-thrust belt. This book describes the Blackleaf Formation which is subdivided into four mappable lithofacies units. The Albian age for this formation was determined from fossil bivalves and palynomorphs. The lower part of the Frontier Formation is composed of lithic sandstone, conglomerate, and subordinate mudstone and shale.

OSTI ID:
6956463
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English