Geology of the Tepee Creek quadrangle, Montana-Wyoming / by Irving J. Witkind.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Witkind, Irving J. (Irving Jerome), 1917-2008, author.

Contributor:

Geological Survey (U.S.), issuing body.

Series:

Geological Survey professional paper ; 609.

Geological Survey professional paper ; 609

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geology--Montana--Gallatin County.

Geology.

Geology--Yellowstone National Park.

Geology--Wyoming.

Montana--Gallatin County.

United States--Yellowstone National Park.

Wyoming.

Genre:

Online resources.

geological maps.

quadrangle maps.

Quadrangle maps

Maps

Geological maps

Geological maps.

Quadrangle maps.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iv, 101 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Distribution:

Washington : United States Government Printing Office

Place of Publication:

Washington : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, 1969.

Contents:

Abstract

Introduction

Field methods

Previous work

Acknowledgments

Geography

Location

Accessibility

Climate and ecology

Physical geography

Geology

Tectonic framework

Stratigraphy

Pre-Belt metamorphic rocks

Granite gneiss

Dolomite

Amphibolite

Mica schist

Tremolite marble

Quartzite

Classification of the pre-Belt rocks

Age of the pre-Belt rocks

Precambrian unconformity

Sedimentary rocks

Cambrian

Flathead Sandstone

Wolsey Shale

Meagher Limestone

Park Shale

Cambrian and Ordovician

Pilgrim Limestone, Snowy Range Formation, and Bighorn Dolomite undivided

Pilgrim Limestone

Snowy Range Formation

Bighorn Dolomite

Devonian

Jefferson Formation

Devonian and Mississippian

Three Forks Formation

Mississippian

Madison Group

Lodgepole Limestone

Mission Canyon Limestone

Mississippian and Pennsylvanian

Amsden Formation

Pennsylvanian

Quadrant Sandstone

Permian

Shedhorn Sandstone

Triassic

Dimwoody Formation

Woodside Siltstone and Thaynes Formation undivided

Jurassic

Ellis Group

Morrison Formation

Cretaceous

Kootenai Formation

Thermopolis Shale

Igneous rocks

Intrusive rocks

Gallatin River laccolith

Other intrusions

Age of the intrusions

Extrusive rocks

Andesite breccia

Shoshonite

Yellowstone Tuff

Age of the tuffs

Surficial deposits

Pleistocene deposits

Pre-Bull Lake glaciation

Bull Lake Glaciation

Pinedale Glaciation

Mass-wasting deposits

Slow flowage

Rapid flowage

Alluvium

Regional structure

Local structure

Structures of Laramide age

Cabin Creek zone

Kirkwood anticline

Cambin Creek syncline

Skyline anticline

Red Canyon anticline

Dutchman Basin syncline

Divide thrust fault

White Peak fault

Other faults

Pika Point zone

Snowslide Mountain anticline

Red Mountain anticline

Bacon Rind anticline

Other folds

Possible detachment or bedding-plane faults

Age of the Laramide folding

Structures of middle Tertiary age

Red Canyon fault

Upper Tepee fault

Bacon Rind fault

Geologic history

Economic geology

Oil and gas possibilities

West Yellowstone basin

Carrot Basin anticline

Mineral deposits

Phosphate

Sand and gravel deposits

Quarrying

Measured sections

Bibliography

Index.

Plate 1. Geologic map of the Tepee Creek quadrangle, Montana-Wyoming

Plate 2. Shaded isometric relief map of the Tepee Creek quadrangle, Montana-Wyoming.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed September 24, 2014).

Also available online in PDF format from the U.S. Geological Survey Warehouse (http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/).

"A description of the stratigraphy, structure, and surficial deposits in a 15-minute quadrangle that includes the meizoseismal area of the Hebgen Lake earthquake of August 17, 1959."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 94-97) and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Witkind, Irving Jerome, 1917-. Geology of the Tepee Creek quadrangle, Montana-Wyoming

OCLC:

891581378