ESCI 536 - Rocky Mountains FT Paleozoic-Mesozoic Stratigraphy & Paleogeography: North American Cordillera February 10, 2010 J. Morgan.

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ESCI 536 - Rocky Mountains FT Paleozoic-Mesozoic Stratigraphy & Paleogeography: North American Cordillera February 10, 2010 J. Morgan

Key Stratigraphic Units & Events (After Dickinson, 1991)

Key Stratigraphic Units & Events (After Dickinson, 1991)

Precambrian & Cambrian Stratigraphy (Stewart & Suczec, 1977)

Precambrian & Cambrian Stratigraphy Paleozoic-Mesozoic Stratigraphy (Stewart & Suczec, 1977)

Isopach Maps

Isopach Maps

Isopach Maps

Isopach Maps

Triassic Depositional Systems (Dickinson & Gehrels, 2008)

(DeCelles, 2004)

Late Mesozoic (DeCelles, 2004)

Progradational Stacking of Depozones (DeCelles & Currie, 1996)

(DeCelles & Currie, 1996)

(DeCelles & Currie, 1996)

Decompacted Subsidence Curve (Coalville, Utah) (DeCelles & Currie, 1996)

(DeCelles, 2004)

(DeCelles, 2004)

(DeCelles, 2004)

(DeCelles, 2004)