Sedimentalogic and Stratigraphic Evidence for the Initial Uplift


Crazy Mountain Field Powder River Basin Big Horn / Clarksfork Basins Wind River Basin Green River Basin Laramie / Hanna / Shirley / Carbon and Pass Creek Basins Washakie / Sand Wash Basins Uinta Basin Piceance Creek Basin North / Middle Park Denver Basin South Park San Luis Valley Raton Basin San Juan Basin

Clastic deposits associated with the initial uplift of the Rocky Mountains are found primarily in the fifteen sedimentary basins highlighted to the left.

Click on each empty box to the left to reveal the age of the first occurrence of clastic sediments found in each basin.