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High-Resolution Sequence Stratigraphy - an Outcrop Case Study : Panther Tongue Sandstone, Utah Based on : Hwang I.G. & Heller, P.L. 2002, Anatomy of a transgressive lag: Panther Tongue Sandstone, Star Point Formation, central Utah. Sedimentology, V.49, p.977-999 In Gul Hwang
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High-Resolution Sequence Stratigraphy - an Outcrop
Case Study : Panther Tongue Sandstone, Utah
Based on : Hwang I.G. & Heller, P.L. 2002, Anatomy of a transgressive lag: Panther Tongue Sandstone,
Star Point Formation, central Utah. Sedimentology, V.49, p.977-999
In Gul Hwang
CONTENTS
1. Back-ground of Falling Stage Systems Tract
2. The Panther Tongue Sandstone
3 Hi h R l ti S St ti h3. High Resolution Sequence Stratigraphy
4. Transgressive Lag Deposits
Forced Regression in Shoreface
Where is the Sequence Boundary?Where is the Sequence Boundary?
Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway
StratigraphyCastlegate Sandstone
SC
A
K
W
P
St
Mancos Shale
T
Mancos Shale
Location Map & Cross Section
CU
CUFU
TSE & SB4
MICRODELTASB3
CU
U it 1 & 2
Unit 3
Unit 1 & 2
Unit 3
Unit 1 & 2
TSE
SB
Storres Sandstone
C
MFS
U TSEBAY
CU
LAG DEPOSITS
Simple Lag
Dispersed Lag
Oxidized Lag
Local Lag
Lag Deposits in Spring Canyon Section
Lag Deposits in Huntington Creek Section
Lag Deposits in Cottonwood Creek Section
i ib i f iDistribution of Lag Deposits
Local Lag + Simple Lag
Simple Lag + Oxidized Lag
No Lag or Dispersed Lag
Simple Lag
No Lag or Dispersed Lag
g p g
No Lag or Dispersed Lag
TSE
Slot Canyon, Arizona
Eolian Sandstone
