Preview presentation on the Aberdeen Member of the Blackhawk Formation in Coal Creek and Soldier Canyons for a professional field course titled: THE BOOK CLIFFS: A CASE STUDY IN COASTAL SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY, offered annually through W.W. LITTLE GEOLOGICAL CONSULTING (also offered by SCA). See details at: HTTP://LITTLEWW.WORDPRESS.COM.

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Soldier Canyon: Aberdeen Mbr
(LST – tidally-dominated
incised valley fill)
William W. Little
© 2015 by W.W. Little Geological Consulting, LLC Photo by W. W. Little

2. Tidally-dominated Valley Fill

3. Coal Creek Canyon
Incised Valley Fill
Interfluve

4. Fluvial Deposits
Incised Valley Surface/SB

5. Fining-upward Facies Association
Photo by W. W. Little

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Hummocky-laminated SS
Photo by W. W. Little

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Trough cross-laminated SS
Photo by W. W. Little

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Horizontally-laminated SS
Photo by W. W. Little

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Sigmoidally-laminated SS
Photo by W. W. Little

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Many forms of Ripple-laminated SS
Photo by W. W. Little

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Flaser-laminated SS
Photo by W. W. Little

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Flat-topped Ripple-laminated SS
Photo by W. W. Little

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Climbing Ripple-laminated SS
Photo by W. W. Little

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Burrowed SS
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Contorted Bedding
Photo by W. W. Little

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Structureless to Horizontally-
laminated MS
Photo by W. W. Little

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