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Surface to subsurface correlation of the intertongued Dakota Sandstone-Mancos Shale (Upper Cretaceous) in the Zuni embayment, New Mexico


Abstract

The correlation of the intertongued Dakota Sandstone and Mancos Shale members (Upper Cre taceous) from the southwestern part of the San Juan Basin southward across the Zuni embayment is described. Members of these units are correlated into the subsurface.

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  1. Owen, Donald E.; Sparks, Diane K., 1989, Surface to subsurface correlation of the intertongued Dakota Sandstone-Mancos Shale (Upper Cretaceous) in the Zuni embayment, New Mexico, in: Southeastern Colorado Plateau, Anderson, Orin J.; Lucas, Spencer G.; Love, David W.; Cather, Steven M., New Mexico Geological Society, Guidebook, 40th Field Conference, pp. 265-267. https://doi.org/10.56577/FFC-40.265